Is CHAOS Your Friend?

Is CHAOS Your Friend?

Is CHAOS Your Friend?  Sorry about that, this is NOT to put down CHAOS because it is part and parcel of the realities in life.  BUT before we start putting down CHAOS as a no-no, there are very understandable cases why some are indeed a friend of CHAOS.  I may not be a U,S, resident but over there, it's just normal for some families relocating every few years.  And while they may not live out of moving boxes, how can you restore order if in another year or two, you're on the move💎💎💎

In brief, growing up in CHAOTIC conditions like those regular relocations will exact its toll on us no less.  And under those circumstances, it's pretty normal to hear a HOUSE IS NOT A HOME since it was just a house.  So, it's always kinder to remember that there's a reason than to fall back on judgment.  But other than circumstance like this, we should abhor CHAOS because it will do more harm than good in a normal life💹💹💹

But the 'rat race' we're in continuously pushes ourselves in situations of being squeezed.  So, as we continually find ourselves squeezed, what's left for us to is to find alternatives other than just being in that 'squeezed' situation that would then lead to CHAOS.  And as we are led towards CHAOS, we must be conscious enough for us to pre-empt it, if at all

So, when we feel squeezed, there's a tendency for mind to become small.  We then feel miserable, like a victim, like a pathetic, hopeless case.  Yet, believe it or not, at that moment of hassle or bewilderment or embarrassment, our minds could become bigger.  Instead of taking what's occurred as a statement of personal weakness or someone else's power, instead of feeling we are stupid or someone else is unkind, we could drop all those concerns about ourselves and others.  We could be there, feeling off guard, not knowing what to do, just hanging out there with the raw and tender energy of the moment.  That then becomes the point where we can pre-empt CHAOS📗📙📘

So, what's left of us?  COUNTERACT CHAOS!  HOW?  Clinical studies led to developing a simple practice called NOTING and it's often used in mindfulness meditation.  It's a simple practice of NOTING your experience in the current moment.  That NOTING practice brings an awareness to our mind's incessant wanderings while taking the vulnerability out of it.  One key highlight here is STAYING PRESENT when you feel overwhelmed because that's when CHAOS creeps in and takes over you❗❗❗