Finding Calm in the Chaos

There’s a moment.

Not a big, flashy one. Not the kind that smacks you in the face and screams, “LOOK AT ME, I’M PEACE!” No. It’s the kind that slips into the silence like a soft exhale. It’s a moment you have to notice—or it disappears.

I had one of those moments recently, standing on the balcony of our cruise ship, somewhere deep in the Alaskan wilderness. The world was still. Quiet. The kind of quiet that isn’t just the absence of noise—but the presence of calm…