Being Balanced in Chaos By Leo Babauta

[Manuel Tavares]

Being Balanced in Chaos
By Leo Babauta
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/06/being-balanced-in-chaos.html

When we’re hit with uncertainty either suddenly or in large amounts, it can throw us off. We can get frustrated, overwhelmed, stressed, discouraged.

This is normal and there’s nothing wrong with it. However, it’s my belief that we can train ourselves to stay more balanced when things get chaotic, stay level-headed and calm, which allows us to become an oasis of sanity that others can rely on.

Let’s talk about how to train ourselves to stay more in balance when things get chaotic.

WHAT THROWS US OFF

When we get thrown off, it’s like the rug being pulled out from under us — it feels disconcerting, disorienting, uncomfortable. We don’t like the feeling.

At the core of this rug-pulling is uncertainty. We feel uncertainty and an uncomfortable disorienting feeling when:
Someone criticizes us
Someone acts in a way that we don’t like+++
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/06/being-balanced-in-chaos.html