Becoming Her

Finding the Eye of Your Storm

Hurricanes are some of the most powerful forces in nature. I should know being from Southeast Texas, I have witnessed the true power and aftermath.
If you do not know, they don’t form overnight, they gather strength quietly at first, drawing energy from warm waters and the pull of shifting winds. They build, they churn, and they press forward with unstoppable force.

The truth about hurricanes is that they can destroy. They rearrange coastlines, rip trees from the ground, level once beautiful homes and structures and leave behind a trail of change so permanent that nothing looks the same again.

And yet… at the very heart of a hurricane lies something unexpected…the eye.
A cradle of stillness.
A space where the winds are calm, the light dares to break through..
It’s a moment of peace in the middle of chaos.

A reminder that even within destruction, there can be calm. Because you see, two things can be true at the same time. The storm can rage, and there can be peace at the center.

Life mirrors this truth more than we realize.

We can be walking through a season where everything feels uncertain, the winds of chaos are howling, screaming like a freight train, the very ground beneath us is shifting. And still… there can be sunsets that stop us in our tracks, moments of pure, real laughter that cause our cheeks to ache, a loving embrace, music so beautiful it sends shocks of electricity to our very soul, igniting emotions that make us feel alive.

Feeling overwhelmed by life doesn’t mean we have to give up our joy. Just because we are grieving one thing doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate another.

We are not betraying our pain by allowing ourselves to feel happiness.
We are not ignoring reality when we choose to notice beauty in the middle of brokenness.

A storm will always act like a storm; its process cannot be changed, altered. They are unpredictable. There is one thing that is always present, the eye. You simply need to take the first step into it. When you anchor yourself in the center, in your breath, in your hope, in your gratitude…you begin to live in a way that acknowledges both truths:
Yes, there is chaos.
But peace is present.

Sometimes, the most powerful choice you can make is to refuse to let the storm determine whether you embrace life fully today. Find your peace in the chaos and live, storms pass..it may change the landscape, uproot, rearrange things.. but your anchor to peace for the next storm will be strong, trusting, and confident it can withstand the coming chaos.