Word of the Day

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Hello Friday people! This word of the day should help calm your mind so you can write something and post in the comments.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15

Ataraxy

[ADD-uh-rack-see]Part of speech: noun

Origin: greek, 17th century

• A state of calmness and tranquility
• Freedom from mental disturbance or anxiety

Examples of Ataraxy in a sentence

• Meditation and other methods of practicing mindfulness will help you achieve ataraxy.
• She was able to finally find ataraxy after years of therapy and facing her demons.

The probability and usefulness of a state of ataraxy was not ideal for a spy.

About Ataraxy

The pursuit of ataraxy involves eliminating feelings of anxiety and worry. Anxiety is the direct opposite of a state of calmness and tranquility. But don't worry, everyone experiences a little stress and anxiety in their day-to-day lives. The key is to not let it overwhelm you. Take a deep breath and repeat after us: ataraxy.

Did you Know?

Also known as ataraxia, ataraxy comes from Ancient Greek philosophy to describe a state of being free from all worries. Achieving ataraxy is a key component of several schools of philosophical thought, including Pyrrhonism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism.

Comments

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Napoleon Solo tried to stretch his back, difficult to do while hanging from his wrists in a THRUSH cell. He knew the head of the satrap would be in shortly to start the fun and games. Torture was always a possibility in his profession. He remembered his training at Survival School, being told of the many methods you could use to reach a state of ataraxy. Napoleon would love to see his instructors take his place and see how well they would do. No matter how much you carpmentalized, meditated, took yourself out of the situation you were still nervous. Always afraid. The trick was to try and not look it.

[banemmanan.livejournal.com]

If there was one thing that April Dancer knew, then it was that it was important to look after yourself. With a job like theirs, it would be only too easy for stresses and anxieties to become overwhelming and cause an agent to snap. As such, she always enforced regular breaks when she and her partner were confined to their office for the day, taking five minutes to do something other than the stacks of paperwork that always seemed to pile up on their desks no matter how fast they worked through them.
If anyone were to walk into their office now, they would have been greeted by dimmed lights and a calming symphony playing on the record player in the corner. April Dancer would probably have drawn immediate attention; leaning back in her chair languidly gazing through a book, she'd have quickly drawn her legs off the desk in front of her, on the off-chance that the intruder was Mr. Waverly (espite what he may think, the two agents did make attempts to seem professional around him). She at least ackowledged the arrival though; the ataraxy of the room had clearly become too much for her partner who was slumped across his desk dozing serenely.

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Nice!