Betsy Carter has an article on equilibrium in the November issue of O magazine (ok, so I know it’s the exact opposite of the dense reading I was talking about yesterday).

She cites Herbert Benson, author of The Relaxation Response, who says:

Prayers, words, mantras, songs, crocheting, swimming, exercise–anything that involves repetition…allows the body to rebound and return to its innate sense of quiet.

Carter also talks to James Baraz, of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, CA. Baraz says,

It’s not about getting to one place where things are fine and there are no mess-ups. Life is more dynamic than always having calm and peace. In an instant, the situation can change. You’re in on the joke, not the butt of it.

From the article, it seems that Carter is plagued by blenders and Cuisinarts that test her equilibrium by breaking or refusing to work at the most inopportune times, but she has learned how to regain her equilibrium.

Taking a little down time from heavy reading also helps a person regain some equilibrium. (g) It also helps a person to know that she’s not the only one who had a proposal returned for more work to be done. Heck, that’s almost as good as having the darn thing accepted. (G!)
I’m hoping I can interest the other person in a cup of coffee to discuss our proposals so we can maybe help each other clarify our thinking, get our proposals accepted, and continue our research.
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