I say

Happy discovery; when stressed by the world around me, and anything else, all I have to do is block out the noise and all is OK.

I do this by inserting ear buds and playing music. But not just any music. I use modern, loud, beaty meditational style music. Not too much singing and certainly no verbal messages.

For some reason the sense of sound intrudes into my serenity much more than the sense of vision.

For example, at the airport yesterday three elderly whiners at the next cafe table were doing my head in until I blocked them out. Once I had the sound sorted the sight of them did not disturb me one jot.

The same went for the airplane safety message. It was totally blocked and I was unusually tranquil. Thank Christ they changed the rules on the use of personal electronic devices for take off and landing.