Peace Is Found Inside the Thunder ⚡

"You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." — Jon Kabat-Zinn

I used to think awareness would fix everything.

That if I could just be mindful enough, insightful enough, healed enough…
I’d no longer feel overwhelmed when life came crashing in.

I was wrong.

"Awareness doesn't prevent storms; it anchors you during them."

Because awareness doesn’t delete the storm.

It doesn’t make the waves less violent or the wind less sharp.
It doesn’t give you immunity from loss, betrayal, or the unexpected unraveling of what you thought was secure.

But it does something better…

It keeps you from losing yourself in it.

"Just a light lil drizzle… of existential dread."

I’ve had moments where everything around me was chaos.
But inside there was a stillness.
A quiet part of me watching the storm instead of becoming it.

That wasn’t because I was enlightened.

It was because I had practiced being with myself when things were quiet.
And that practice became my anchor when things weren’t.

Awareness isn’t control.

It’s presence.

It’s remembering that pain can shake your world, but it doesn’…