Equanimity has many facets... one is reminding yourself of life's tests you've gone through before, times you've handled something difficult and similar. Life's challenges are much less daunting when you know you've gained strength and skills from past experiences.
From The Hill newsletter (Link to full article is below)
The coronavirus spreading in the United States and across the world may be new to scientists, but the responses launched by local, state, national and international governing bodies are not. Around the globe, government agencies are mobilizing operations designed to stop or slow the virus’s spread, and to treat the thousands who have become ill. The practices and procedures have been honed over a series of previous outbreaks, from drug-resistant tuberculosis to the H1N1 influenza and even Ebola. Each of those outbreaks served as an opportunity to learn something new, said Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the Obama administration. Those valuable lessons can be used to save lives and money, he said, if governing bodies take them to heart.
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