July 26, 2025
“It takes immense strength to stay calm in tough situations.” — Zhenya Zerkalenkov
Sometimes a few words are enough to shift the way we see the day.
And this one? It cuts right through the noise.
Calm doesn’t always look serene. Sometimes it looks like clenched jaws and white knuckles and choosing silence instead of shouting. Calm is walking into chaos with your head on straight, even if your heart is doing gymnastics. That’s not weakness, it’s discipline. It’s strength in slow motion.
I don’t know if Zhenya had kids, but if they did, I bet they wrote this after stepping on a LEGO barefoot and managing not to throw the whole toy bin out the window.
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