Ever wondered why does a sailor try to get to the eye of the storm if ever caught up in a sea storm while sailing?
A wise sea captain, caught in a tropical storm knows that if he holds
his vessel on the periphery, it will get hurled from one side to the other. If
he can reach the eye of the storm, he will enter a place of stillness. The
storm will then subside and the ship can continue its journey.
Recently,
I came across the real life story of a courageous lady who followed her passion
for animals and turned a financial crisis into an opportunity. She started a unique business of mobile
petting zoo during the last economic downturn in USA. This idea came to her as
a blessing in disguise to support her passion for her pet animals when her
husband lost his job and she did not have enough money to take care of her pet
animals.
She set
out to create a mobile petting zoo and
aimed at conducting 10 events per annum, just enough to fund her pets care. But
the idea became such a big hit that last year she conducted 700 events ! Now
she has a big team to manage this unique business truly driven by her passion
and love for animals. She had the option of making a practical decision of
giving away her love for animals and may be sell them off to get money to run
the house. But she chose to remain
stable at that stormy moment and went with the option guided by her inner
conscious voice which was the mobile petting zoo business.
Another
similar example to quote here is that of a blind
musician named Raju Rao who is from Bhopal, India. Despite his visual
impartment, this multi talented musician writes lyrics of songs, composes
music, plays many musical instruments and even sings ghazal and sufi music. Not
ending at that he has performed with some renowned artists like Ghulam Ali,
Kavita Krishnamurthy and Anuradha Paudwal among others. All this happened only
after he had no opportunity with other music studios and hence, decided to open his own. This is
again an example of turning a crisis into an opportunity.
This
affirms that when everything around us is changing in a very intense way and
against us then the best place for us to seek help is not on the outside
circle, but deep within the self, where we can get in touch with self, the
inner being to find strength and
stability, then come out with creative solution using lateral thinking and
do whatever it is that we need to based on our inner conscious
voice .
We are always safe at the eye of the
storm that means in any adverse situation if we can focus within we will find
solution to be safe and protected to sail on smoothly in life.
