What is normal can often go unnoticed. Like the hum of a refrigerator or the weight of the air, our internal state becomes the background noise of our lives. When you are in a season of hardship, your thoughts often switch to autopilot. You spend your days—and often your nights—investing every ounce of your brain's computing power into analyzing the confusion and sadness you’re going through.

You’ve dedicated your full computing power to solving the puzzle of your life. But what if all that mental effort is actually unnecessary? What if there is a simpler solution than "figuring it out"? Here is a perspective shift that might feel like cold water on a tired face: your efforts to understand every "why" might actually be the thing keeping you from finding peace in the middle of a struggle.