Calm as baseline

Each quiet morning—when the mind feels clear, the body refreshed, and the world still asleep—what we choose to do in that moment shapes the direction of our lives. I choose calm over noise. Awareness over thought. Books over screens. Stillness over motion.

I believe calm is life’s default state, a natural baseline gifted to us. But it’s fragile. If we’re not careful, we grow addicted to noise—the endless scroll that keeps demanding more of us. We all know that “short clip” will never be short.

To notice the warmth of your breath as it leaves your body, the sound difference between hot and cold water, the scent of coffee and paper, the feeling of your feet gliding over wooden floors, or the light shifting gently with the sun’s angle—these moments remind me that I can still steer the most important instrument of all: my life.

After all, no one wants to be on a plane with a pilot who doesn’t know how to fly.