Inner Restlessness – Inner Calm

Inner Restlessness – Inner Calm

22 April 2026

Do others feel this, too?

You can’t quite name it or place it. You feel restless.

The rising heat bothers you, but that’s not the reason. At least, not the only one.

Traffic is just one factor.

Prices keep going up.

The uncertainty about what’s still to come, partly because of wars elsewhere.

And the absence of a clear story from politics.

You’re not quite sure what to do.

So you withdraw some extra cash.

Put together an emergency kit.

On instinct. Or based on what you come across online.

You try to hold on to a routine.

But you notice others around you are searching too.

Or pretending nothing is going on.

And then there is something else.

No panic.

No anger.

Apathy.

It leaves you cold.

The travels of ministers.

Political appointments.

It all just passes you by.

And maybe that is the most unsettling part.

And then you realize: this is what it is.

Not everything can be controlled.

Not everything can be understood.

Not everything can be influenced.

The restlessness remains.

But the resistance fades.

What remains is resignation.

No solution.

No answer.

Only the choice

to let it be.

Miguel Goede