When the waters around you are choppy and turbulent,
Try to keep hold of an inner calm,
Your own personal sanctuary from all the
Outer stressful activity.
It is not easy to do, but worth the effort.
Know that it is all OUTSIDE of You;
Unless you let it inside,
It can’t really touch the core of what makes you
You.
Listen to your inner voices,
But don’t let them be
Shouting at you either.
Let yourself be aware of the outside
Stressors, contrasted with the calm inside you.
Let that CENTER you.
Know that you have what it takes to get it
Done,
(Whatever IT is,)
To get through this crisis, to
Get through another day, and another, and…then
Before you know it, these crises are past, the new
Day is dawning and you wonder to yourself;
“Now,…that wasn’t really so bad was it”?
by
Jerry E Smith
©4/28/16
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These are trying times for everyone around the world.
Now is not the time to give in to hysterics or despair.
Stay calm, take things one day at a time, and we'll
Get through this together
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