SERENITY

Serenity is like a deep clear lake, the ripples of the wind, the reflections of the sky, the clouds or surrounding mountains, all only enhance its beauty – it is as a still calm mind of an individual who knows the depth of his being, and the richness found therein.  Serenity is one of the stunning jewels of wisdom.   –Eva-Maria

Serenity is an idea -- a feeling

Enthroned in your heart –

And speaks gently to the heart

Of all you meet.  –E-M

It is the eternal Calm!

Eva-Maria

It inspires a quest for meaning, and has

an impact on knowledge and the application

of love in daily life.  --VH

Evil in the presence of calmness

is nothing, it is powerless! –E-M

  

He who fears shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

--Montaigne, an essay Of Experience (1580-88)—

Let serenity, poise, equanimity, like tall shade-giving

Trees in a dry land, spreading their leaf-rich branches 

Over you, give you relief from the heat

Of fear,

And bestow peace!

--Eva-Maria

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt

his name together.

And he said,

Certainly …

I will be with thee --

--Psalm 34:3; Exodus 3:12

Thus the whole earth

will be transformed

by Truth on its pinions of light,

chasing away the darkness

of error.

--Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p 191

Serenity says

 to you and me, 

“Peace be still!”

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. 

—Abraham Lincoln

He sat within his walls, and thought
          The high, clean thoughts of one who walks with God;
          About him swirled the city's toil and strife:
          Enchained by sin and pain his brother trod.

          He heard the cry of suffering ones;
          He saw the hosts of wrong encamped about.
          One with less wisdom would have drawn his sword,
          And rushed forth to the combat with a shout.

          He sat within his walls, and knew
          That ignorance and want and greed must fall
          To nothing, since all space is filled with Love,
          And that Love reigns forever over all….

          He did his work alone with God:
          They did not know what filled their cup of bliss.
          He knew in all this that he pleased his God;
          He was content: men could not add to this.

-- Marian Gregg

All the pictures you've seen in this post, I took on a recent business trip to Chicago -- the picture to the right is of my room @ the Hotel I stayed.

In SERENITY you can experience the truth about YOU --
Your true self, the spiriual ideal of LOVE!

With my warmest wishes to you,

Eva-Maria