Monday night – eustress

I subscribe to a wonderful free service at http://wordsmith.org.

Every day I get a new word to learn. Today’s was

eustress

PRONUNCIATION:
(YOO-stres) 
MEANING:
noun: A positive, beneficial form of stress.
ETYMOLOGY:
Coined by the endocrinologist Hans Selye (1907-1982). From Greek eu- (good) + stress, from shortening of distress or from Old French estressei (narrowness or oppression), from Latin strictus, from stringere (to bind tight). Earliest documented use: 1950s.

I love that feeling.. don’t you ?

It’s like seeing a flock of turkeys crossing the road and stopping just in time for them to cross safely

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

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