Word of the Week #348:
People often ask me how I’m always so calm…
Well, first of all, am I, really? I don’t know.
Second, do we really have any other options? We don’t exactly have the luxury to keep freaking out all day every day, do we? We have things to do and lives to live and… just gotta get back up and keep moving on, right?
But most importantly, in what situations are we calm? That can tell a lot about us.
I don’t think I’m calmer than most normal people. I am just calm in different situations than they are.
Put me on a well-lit dance floor when I’m sober. Ask me to walk into the balcony of a fourth-floor apartment. Offer to call me to explain something. Make me fall in love. Suddenly, I am no longer calm.
But put me in any situation where things need to be done with many known constraints… Is that even stressful? It’s just a task, right. Nothing we cannot handle.
Each one of us has been in tough situations before. We have always either been skilled enough to handle them well and avoid horrible consequences or been strong enough to survive the horrible consequences we couldn’t avoid. So either way is fine, right?
Whatever comes my way, I will handle it.
And just knowing that makes me calmer than anything else ever can.
