When you look at the news and the world seems to be spiraling out of control, remember nature's wisdom about cycles. Life and death, love and birth, peace and war are all cycles here on earth. They have existed before this time, and will continue well after we are gone.

Today I was writing, and my partner interrupted me. I got so frustrated that he interrupted my flow. Then I paused remembered the cycle of calm and chaos. He interrupted my sense of calm and introduced chaos, a natural cycle we see in hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires. So I took a breath and started writing again.

You will go through cycles of chaos and calm, but releasing your desire to stay in calm can be challenge. Andrea Parra, a lawyer and herbalist from Bogotá, Colombia, challenges people from the global north to look at chaos as something normal. You may feel overwhelmed with the chaos of this time, but remember people from the global south know chaos as part of daily life and they have survived.

You can welcome chaos and calm, and use the same skill to navigate both: look just one step ahead. Take your work one step at a time, and release your fears about what else. We can choose our next step because beyond that is the unknown.