Back After Summer – From Sunday Anxiety to Monday Peace

Op-eds cyprushealthmental healthpeace Back After Summer – From Sunday Anxiety to Monday Peace Relevant News Back After Summer – From Sunday Anxiety to Monday Peace 26 August 2026 Christodoulides and Erhürman agree to weekly meetings, UN says 26 August 2026 Back After Summer – From Sunday Anxiety to Monday Peace 26 August 2026 Constantinos Tsindas 26 August 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber By Guru Rajesh Ananda Adapted and Edited by Constandinos Tsindas Editor’s foreword I started perusing through the guru’s latest script on the finishing touches of a long and humid summer, leaving painful strokes of heatwaves in its wake as we run through the final weeks of August, a dynamic exit to be sure. I was never one for Gregorian calendar cliches, the shutting down July-early September sort of approach and then emerging from the slumber to face the blues. In fact I am taking a long break in September, as the rest of my colleagues battle it out with their heads and daily chores. In decoding what dear Rajesh was suggesting, I eventually came to an Epiphany. He’s not referring to any schedules of our daily lives, the ones that keep us down most of the year, embedded in thoughts. It’s a lot more about the clocks, schedules and mindset of our own brains, the absolute rulers of our bodies, no question here. He is speaking about how we have the actual power to settle the score once and for all with the underlying stress of what’s going to happen as opposed to living what we’re actually experiencing now. We are the software engineers of our own lives, we can format our brain cells effectively to serve the needs of the here and now and not the worries of the next day, week, month or year, which bind us into a mist of missing out on what we might enjoy. We’re also missing out on the preparation of tomorrow. Thinking what we yet cannot change is not acting. It’s simply non-viable. One nugget shines brightest in this valuable wisdom. Live to face today and focus on meditating in dealing with what else life has in store, ready to organise, rearrange and face it head on when it actually comes. Don’t just survive. Make each day count. Transition when you need to and not every waking day. And that’s what I tell myself first, venturing into the Mordor of mine own self, as the eye watches greedily. Sunday Anxiety to Monday Peace By Guru Rajesh Ananda Eventually I realised that the greatest challenge was not my workload. It was my relationship with my own mind. When we fear the unknown, it often reflects an absence of inner stability. If we truly felt secure within ourselves, tomorrow would lose much of its power over us. Confidence is not knowing exactly what will happen; it is trusting that whatever happens, we will be able to meet it with clarity and composure. This naturally raises two important questions. Why do so many of us lack this inner strength and confidence? And why do we spend so much of our precious energy worrying about events that have not yet happened—and, in many cases, never will? Perhaps an even more important question concerns our children. As they begin a new school year, they too face uncertainty. New classrooms. New teachers. New friends. Perhaps even a new language or a completely different country. Although they may not always express it, many children carry exactly the same anxieties as adults. They simply experience them through younger hearts and minds. The good news is that our minds were never designed to remain in a constant state of stress. They were designed to return to balance. This is where meditation offers something truly remarkable. Many people think meditation is about escaping life or sitting quietly doing nothing. In reality, it is quite the opposite. Meditation prepares us to engage with life more fully. It strengthens the qualities we need most—clarity, resilience, emotional balance and inner confidence. Modern neuroscience has shown that regular meditation reduces activity in the brain’s Default Mode Network, the system responsible for much of our habitual mental chatter and repetitive thinking. As this constant inner dialogue begins to quieten, the nervous system naturally shifts from a state of stress into one of restoration. Heart rate slows. Breathing deepens. Stress hormones begin to decrease, while areas of the brain associated with emotional regulation and decision-making become stronger. In simple terms, meditation helps us respond rather than react. But perhaps its greatest gift cannot be measured by brain scans or scientific studies. It is the quiet confidence that gradually awakens within. When we become familiar with stillness, we discover that peace is not something we create. It is something that was always there beneath the noise. We begin to realise that our thoughts are only visitors; they are not who we are. As this understanding deepens, tomorrow loses its grip because our attention naturally returns to the present moment. This is where life is actually lived. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Only here. Only now. Children who learn even simple forms of meditation often discover this naturally. They become calmer, more attentive and less overwhelmed by change. Rather than fearing a new beginning, they learn to approach it with curiosity instead of anxiety. The same is true for adults. Every challenge becomes less intimidating when it is met from a place of inner stability. Life will never stop presenting us with uncertainty. New jobs, new schools, new relationships, unexpected changes and unforeseen challenges are all part of the human journey. We cannot always control what happens around us, but we can profoundly influence what happens within us. That is where our true freedom lies. Perhaps this September, as routines launch again and the pace of life increases, the greatest preparation is not another diary, schedule or list of tasks. Perhaps the greatest preparation is simply spending twenty minutes each day becoming reacquainted with the stillness that already exists within. Because when the mind becomes still, fear begins to dissolve. When fear dissolves, confidence naturally arises. And when confidence arises, tomorrow no longer feels like something to survive—it becomes another beautiful opportunity to live. 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