“Keep calm and carry on.” Keep calm and carry on. Dating back to the very beginning of the Second World War, this British government slogan advising against panic in the event of an invasion has become the motto displayed on our T-shirts, posters and other trophies sixty years later. Success obliges, it breeds parodies: “Keep calm and drink coffee”, “Keep calm and fall in love”. Relax and drink coffee. Relax and be in love. Remain calm… under all circumstances?
It is easy to say. “We have a double calm relationship”observes Gaetan Cousin, Ph.D. in psychology and co-author of the book with Constantin Buchler. quiet (Odile Jacob). On the one hand, we see it as a panacea, attracted by the idea of Olympian calm, a calm that would be absolute and lead us, like Zen monks, to exalt our existence. But on the other handhe continues we are looking for an increasingly intense life, intensity is highly valued today…
Source: Le Figaro
