When the world feels stressful, overwhelming, or too loud, learn to stop giving all of your attention to external reality and return to the stillness within. Observe your thoughts the way you observe cars passing on the road while you are driving. You see them, but you do not have to follow every one of them. Let thoughts come. Let them go. Do not automatically react. This simple practice can change the way you meet every problem in life. The power is within. Change your inner world. Create inner peace, and your experience of the outer world begins to change with it. The present moment is the only moment you truly have. Everything else is either a memory of the past or an imagination of the future. In every present moment, you can choose how to respond, what to focus on, and how deeply you identify with your thoughts, emotions, body, and mind. Become the mindful observer. Be aware. Be still. Do not become every thought that passes through you. Return to the peace that is alrea...