The Practice of Not Reacting

When I picked up Kusunagi Ryushun's The Practice of Not Reacting: Zen Wisdom for a Happy LIfe , I assumed that it was being figurative about the "Zen wisdom" it sought to impart. Certainly the title caught my eye--because who wouldn't want to have a little more self-control in the face of difficulties, right?--and so I thought that if I could learn a thing or two how to be a little more Zen when…