SERENITY
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…just as the leaves that are blown from the autumn tree get carried in the wind and then settle on the earth. So, if there is a problem that you have, imagine that it is as a little leaf and let it just settle down, drifting onto the earth. And then you see, Mother Earth can hold the problem. And when you have Mother Earth to help you, the problem begins to feel much, much smaller. Instead of feeling like the problem is the size of a barn, it begins to feel as though the problem is the size of a little marble. It becomes manageable. Serenity, what are you willing to give up for your serenity? For that is what it takes to be serene, to be willing to be without; without expectation, without neediness or wanting, without agendas, to just be in the void. Are you willing to go into the void? Or, is there a part of yourself that would rather hold onto your prison walls, shaking at the bars to get out when the door is open and all you need to do is choose to walk through? Serenity is within you. It has always been, but if your mind is like a mixing bowl with the beaters going around and around and around creating a great deal of noise and commotion, then you do not know that the ser |