“Calm
mind brings inner strength and self-confidence.”
—
Dalai Lama
Finding
calm in today’s world remains challenging. Our 21st century
Internet Age keeps us constantly scrambling just to keep our heads
above water. The cares of our incessantly demanding world often
overwhelm us, giving us scant time for ourselves to recover, let
alone to relish the few, small joys in life.
We
all have our methods of gaining a
few moments of peace, of re-centering our views, of restoring
our attitudes. I keep a singing bowl on my desk next to a tiny,
smirking Buddhist
monk
figurine, though I rarely use the bowl for stress relief. I have
little time to sit near my backyard prayer flag garden; more often I
pull weeds and re-string flags. I read before bed every night, making
the recent choice to return to escapist fiction instead of my more
personally educational non-fiction history titles. Games,
especially solitaire ones, also help divert me from my
anxieties...when I find the time. I recently discovered a new solo
game, one specifically designed as a calming activity: a
Gentle Rain by
Kevin Wilson.
It’s
a fantastic game ideal
for anyone, even non-gamers, to help find a little momentary calm in
these tumultuous times.
