As Thanksgiving rapidly approaches I have started thinking about the recent need to find my serenity.
As I spent the day yesterday running errands and discussing upcoming tasks with my spouse who is now semi-permanently residing in our home while searching for the next consulting position I realized that I never really lost my serenity - I don't think I ever had it.
Don't get me wrong I had a good childhood-I had playmates, I walked to school, I was in Brownies and loved to sing in chorus, but will I was happy I don't really think I was serene, especially in high school and college. Even as I look back on my life post undergrad and early marriage I don't think serenity was part of my life.
The birth of my children were fabulous days even with lack of sleep, crying and temper tantrums, but still I don't think I found serenity, by the way my children are now young adults with lives and challenges of their own and I hope they can locate their serenity each day.
Now as each day passes I believe that serenity is something you have to discover within yourself each and every day.
It is absolutely necessary to find a piece of serenity within your daily life in order to maintain balance and maintain sanity.
Each day as the day begins to wind down, I breathe deep, take a sip of wine, pet the cats and let go of whatever happened to knock me of my balance and as I listen to Echos on XPN and drift off to sleep I know that tomorrow will be another step and another challenge to maintain the daily serenity.
I suggest that you try it.
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