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Equanimity...What is that?

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e·qua·nim·i·ty /ˌekwəˈnimədē/ Learn to pronounce noun mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation. "she accepted both the good and the bad  with equanimity "  "Between stimulus and response, there is a space.  In that space is our power to choose our response.  In our response lies our growth and freedom"   -- Viktor Frankl About a month ago, a friend turned me on to a book called "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl, and if you haven't heard of it or read it, I strongly suggest you do. I won't get into too many spoilers here, so you are safe. Viktor was a holocaust survivor as well as a psychiatrist, which put him in an interesting position whereby he could study people in the ugliest and most dire of situations. His take on both survivors and offenders is unique. The conditions he was subjected to during the Holocaust provided him with an incredible insight not only into the horrors that hu...

Jet Lag WIthout Any of the Fun?

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If you have ever experienced jet lag, you know that it is a real thing and that memory loss, imbalance, fatigue, and brain fog are all very real, but did you know you can experience jet lag without even getting on a jet?   If you are following my Facebook page, I am sorry :)  But you have probably seen my posts from my Garmin watch about how close to 8 hours of sleep I am getting each night.  Some nights I am getting 8 exactly.  Other nights I am within 5-10 minutes of that goal.   Jet lag is a condition where your internal clock is out of sync with the external clock.  One hour off might not seem significant, but it can be. When your internal clock is out of sync you become mentally dull, irritable, and clumsy, and you may sleep excessively, or not at all .   Something as simple as daylight savings time can have the same effect as if everyone took a plane one-time zone east.  Don't think so?  Car accidents increase by 10% the ...

Who Hurt Me and How I Dealt With Them

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What would it be worth to you if I could investigate, chase down, and punish the person responsible for doing the most physical, emotional, or financial damage to you?  Regardless of the crime. What would you pay me, if I could not only apprehend them but also get them to give you a heartfelt and meaningful apology and assurance that it would never happen again? Well, good news, I am going to do just that and  guarantee the results .   The only cost is that you read the rest of this post and share it with your friends, so I can do the same for them. In life, negative things can happen by chance and also as a result of the actions of other people. In both cases,  I can put the same person at the scene of the crime.. .keep reading