Calmness Crusader Gifts

Calm in the Face of Chaos

"Ignore everyone."

'Out! You flunked the 'management' part.'

'It's not a JOB, Ma. It's a POSITION.'

"I'm really having trouble dealing with the global pandemic,economic collapse and cancellation of my weekly yoga class."

"Is something bothering you?"

"Be kind"

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

"I keep telling myself I've got to slow down."

"I'm in nonprofit work for the money."

'Your proposal is written with clarity and conviction. Send it up to legal for obfuscation.'

'Eureka! After months of research and formulating algorithms, I've done it... I've discovered the secret to 'being cool'!'

Introducing Ambient Books: No beginning...no middle...no end...just a bunch of sentences specially written to soothe and relax the reader.

'I just invented the 'chair' - It relieves lower back pain!'

'Wait til you see what fishing does for your nerves, Alice.'

Please Give

"You can tell us the sound of one hand clapping here, or you can tell us downtown."

Relax.

"You don't get a lot of work done, Jenkins, but I admire how thoroughly unstressed you are."

Be an Anti-Bullying Hero! Choose Respect.

'So, your anger management class is working?'

"I suspect he might be depressed, let's give him a label and see whether a few years of unemployment and poverty helps his condition!"

"I volunteer for the Samaritans. I tried to phone in sick this morning but they talked me out of it."

"I suggest you take an Empathy pill every day."

"Isn't it more important to learn how to be a decent human being?"

'I feel wired. I want to feel wireless.'

Food Banks - The Need/The Donation.

Sea of Tranquillity

"Ambitions... to make it to the other side."

"We all make mistakes. That's why pencils have erasers!"

'Fred's a lot more relaxed since he began viewing life as just another spectator sport.'

Relaxation Technique

"You claim on your résumé that one of your skills is staying calm under stressful situations. I believe you."

Money - troops to fight terrorism, promote democracy, protest oil? Lots and lots. Money, help, attention, to save 800,000 people from starvation? Not much.

Large Print Librarian.