started buying books from amazon and getting them sent to the post office. also occasionally some purchases from ebay. what great tools. cheaper than taking the train or boat to a bigger city. enjoying the luxury of spending more of my time reading good books rather than constantly chasing after success and money, assuming that is where my happiness lies. the books I get are not leisurely but educational, and reading one pretty good one right now by a scientist studying human behaviour. revolutionary thoughts, and my last reading made me think of you. he said that stress is not caused by life events but by our resistance against them. You might equate that to the law of the universe that every action/force has an equal and opposing reaction. So the very effort to control events in your life will create stress, instead of accepting things. When I was at the meditation camp each day we would spend some time doing menial work, such as raking the fallen leaves. We were supposed to meditate on all our movements, and simply work diligently, as a humble servant of God. I understand that some people feel they need to thrive on stress, as that is like a fuel for their ambition, but not having stress does not necessarily result in lower output or success. If you go about your daily concerns in this diligent manner you will accomplish the same, but without the stress. It has always bothered me whenever you tried to manipulate or control me, now I see that this nature can be the very source of your own stress, which has been medically proven to be a big source of illness. Only food for thought!