The ability to drop anchor and find your center is the secret to thriving amidst chaos. Just like the place that’s in the eye of a cyclone is calm, you too can be calm when dealing with an upheaval or crisis. Find your center through a meditative, immersive, practice. Then, the whole world around you may be running amok, but you are unmoved, watching all the mindless circus. When you anchor and you are centered, you are unmoved.

Deal with Life calmly and you will be able to make something meaningful out of your lived experiences. Get keyed up and you will end up in knots. And, of course, occasionally, be prepared for your Life’s plans to be snatched away from you, knotted up and thrown back at you, to untangle...!

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, be peaceful knowing that:• Being quarantined does not necessarily mean you are COVID-19 +ve• Being COVID-19 +ve does not necessarily mean you will immediately die• And clearly, in the overall process of Life, death is unavoidableSo, relax, don't panic, be responsible! Stay safe, stay at home, just be!!

Each day is a miracle. To experience one, just surrender…and go with the flow!

Without doubt, maintaining a distance from some people is the only way to maintaining your equanimity – and, of course, to avoid catching COVID-19!

Trust the process of Life. What has to be gone through, has to be gone through; what has to be done, has to be done. Such is Life. The key to being happy in Life is to be calm and go through the process, one step at a time, one moment at a time.

When you don’t get what you want, it doesn’t mean there’s a conspiracy by Life to deny you what you think you deserve. This simply means that it is not time yet for you to have what you want or even that, perhaps, it isn’t meant for you at all. This perspective cannot be logically explained. Just that, such is Life. Don’t resist or question this suchness. Simply embrace it. And you will always be happy, content and peaceful with what is, with what you have!

When you have to do what you don't like, train your mind to be non-complaining. You suffer only when you complain and when you wish your Life is different from what it is now. Of course, this situation arises only when you have not exercised, or can’t exercise, your choice of not doing what you don't like to do.