SWEET CHESTNUT

The responsive mode is a more relaxed state of mind.  Being responsive suggests that we have our bearings.  We see the bigger picture and take things less personally.  Rather than being rigid and stubborn, we are flexible and calm.  In the responsive mode, we are at our best.

'Don't sweat the small stuff .. and it's all small stuff' - Kristine and Dr. Richard Carlson

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Sweet chestnuts are so calm either in the boiling water

or in the novel "The birthday present" :)