A classic idea in meditative and martial art traditions is the concept of ‘centeredness’. To be in one’s center can be thought as a pulling away from external distractions that keep one’s attention on the world of other people, events, requirements, and desires for control, approval, and acquisition.

The center is a state of being ‘at home’ inside one’s own internal world, not easily shaken, pushed, or pulled by the outside world’s activities.

Time at your center is like checking the compass on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean; it allows a reset of direction, and a course correction if needed. And of course, it is simpler to do if you are still.

As it turns out, centeredness is much harder to achieve than describe in words.