There is a place I know intimately. A terrain I have walked for most of my life without realizing it had a name. It is the land of being composed. Of being capable. Of being the one who keeps moving forward no matter what is happening underneath. I come from Swiss German ancestral lines where stoicism was not just a personality trait, but a survival strategy. Feelings were handled quietly, privately, or not at all. Strength meant endurance. Love meant not burdening others wi