Serenity Is My Adornment
XXVI.
What IS serenity?
serenity |səˈrenitē|noun ( pl. -ties)
The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
Serenity is my adornment,
The gift of years.
I envy not that blank
Of youthful innocence,
Outgrown.
I am become a woman
Painfully,
And there’s no debt
Against it.
The calm water shows
No wear and tear
From its past storms,
Nor I, from storms
I've known.
_____© Nellieanna H. Hay
Listen to the rain
"Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life with springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will." _____Alistair Cooke
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of way. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
____Jawaharlal Nehru
The passageway
Into my heart
Is not a thoroughfare.
The combination
Opening it
Insures a one-way trip,
Single-passengered,
Not by will,
But by nature's own design.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter; - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue." ___Henri Matisse
Naked joy -
Delighting in its
Knowledge
Of itself.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
"Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal. . . " ___Franz Liszt
Note:
This hub has been revised and updated. __ Nellieanna
11/20/13
