The Storm Passed… and So Did My Fear

The Calm Within

There was a time I feared everything - loss, failure, heartbreak, silence. I held on tightly to comfort, to people, thinking that if I tried hard enough, I could stop the worst from happening.

But life had other plans.

Everything I feared of happening… happened.

I lost what I thought I couldn’t live without. I broke in places I didn’t even know existed. And the storm didn’t knock before it entered - it came crashing in, wild and unapologetic.

And yet, I’m still here.

Because here’s the truth: The storm never lasts. No matter how long or loud, it passes. And when it does, something strange happens - the fear that once ruled your heart disappears with it.

What’s left behind is not weakness, but a deeper strength. A stillness that doesn’t depend on the outer world. A knowing that you’ve been through the worst, and still… you’re standing, stronger than ever.

This is what the Bhagvad Gita reminds us too. In Chapter 2, Shri Krishna speaks of the sthita-prajna — the equipoised, the one whose wisdom remains steady in pleasure and pain, in gain and loss. That steadiness doesn’t come from avoiding storms. It comes from passing through them.

So if you're in the middle of your storm right now, hold on. Let go off the illusion of control. Let the storm do what it came to do - shake, awaken, cleanse. You will come out the other side - quieter, clearer, calmer.

The calm always comes. Not in spite of the storm, but because of it.

Har Har Mahadev 🙏🏼