Creating Tranquility

My message is unique and, hopefully, simple and easy to apply. It is about creating a tranquil life in the midst of an anxious world. It is about how you can enhance your brain's natural tranquilizers and push back the inroads of stress.

It is unlikely that you can ever escape totally from this high-stress world. €¦ If you want to preserve your sanity and achieve a healthy life, you have to make some choices and resolve to live a balanced life. By a €śbalanced €ť life, I mean that, like a marathon runner, you must learn how to pace yourself. You give it all you've got going uphill and rest as much as you can going downhill. You try to balance the drain on your energy so that you can €śgo the distance. €ť

You can't escape the realities of your high-stress world. You certainly can't turn back the clock to simpler times although, I must confess, this is a wonderful fantasy that I occasionally indulge as a form of escape. I frequently reflect on the many happy childhood times I had with my grandparents. They lived a simple, country life. They were totally self-sufficient, tilling a small piece of land and raising their own food. They saved wisely for their retirement and spent little money during the bleak years of the Second World War. With only a short-wave radio to connect them to the rest of the world, life seemed simple yet luxurious to me as a child. There was a sense of unhurriedness and simple pleasures. All the money in the world couldn't buy such luxury in today's world. It is not for sale; you have to create it.

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