Parakalein

I was on an airplane and we were entering into hefty not heavenly turbulence.  A woman on the plane stared to verbally present her fear and I said to my wife, "she is going to crank up everyone's fear".

I thought is that not the reality of turbulence in our lives.  When we focus on the turbulence or the trouble the trouble always is worse but when we focus on the reality of our internal calmness the turbulence regardless how real and present is lessened.  This is a lesson to be learned.  The trouble is not often the trouble but adds to the trouble.  The trouble is that "trouble is as trouble does".  The trouble with turbulence is that it perpetuates more of both.  When in the presence of what ever turbulence comes into my life, I believe that all will be well one way or another.  I am okay with either way. Then there is no turbulence that is disturbing.  All disturbances are no longer disturbing.  All turbulence is just that turbulence nothing more or less.

All the things that disturb me most can be looked at in a calm and compassionate way which makes them free of disturbance.  The pilot knows that this momentary disturbance from natural turbulence is temporal and temporary so has no power to disturb the flight plan.  Like the plane that flies through turbulence into peace without disturbing its flight plan, so people can learn to trust their flight plan and not be disturbed when turbulence comes into their path.  It is just the nature of things to create turbulence.  It is also our nature to know and live in peace.  This is the peace we often lose when we focus on the turbulence and not the peaceful skies around the turbulence.

Where is your peace? Where your focus is there is your peace.