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Daily Question, July 18

How would you describe a time when you experienced serenity?

  • Kate

    These experiences have always been a time when I have been one with nature. Experiencing a moment of connectedness with the world that feels infinite.

  • Mica

    The question itself brought me a moment of serenity – deep peace pervading my body – briefly. Then my body/mind quickly wants to go back into the ‘world,’ for some dumb reason.

  • Dusty Su

    Surreal, otherworldly, grace-filled. Usually, these times hit me with a great sense of joy and gratitude, and they come during hard times when the “Suddenly” happens. A waft of grace hits and I find myself at peace, I find myself courageous, having overcome fear, worries, I find solutions, or a mindset, a gift of faith, and a seat of rest in my heart that knows all will be well no matter what!

  • Don Jones

    In the forest, down by the waters edge, in the mountains, even in the garden with my hands in the soil.

  • Hot Sauce
    In college, whenever I would study world religions/spiritualities, I would have a deeper awareness of certain truths these religions reveal. I would go out in nature and experience a deeper awareness of the spiritual beauty that exists everywhere. For example, when I would study Hinduism, I would be aware that the natural beauty on campus was Brahman. When I would study Taoism, I would be aware of yin and yang in various natural elements, especially day and night and sun and moon. The peace I fe...

    In college, whenever I would study world religions/spiritualities, I would have a deeper awareness of certain truths these religions reveal. I would go out in nature and experience a deeper awareness of the spiritual beauty that exists everywhere. For example, when I would study Hinduism, I would be aware that the natural beauty on campus was Brahman. When I would study Taoism, I would be aware of yin and yang in various natural elements, especially day and night and sun and moon. The peace I felt in seeing such spiritual beauty was amazing!

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  • Dawn Elaine

    Every day on the way to work, I drive through this amazing vista in East Tennessee. The green hills. The rockfaces. Sister River. I get on the main road and I’m listening to the news and I’m getting more and more anxious. Then I look up and I’m amazed. Takes my breath away. Serenity.

  • Butterfly

    During meditation when I can feel an expansion of my Self in to the everything-that-is, the Oneness, it feels so utterly peaceful, benevolent and timeless ?

  • Linda

    Looking out my window on this sunny morning and seeing the trees swaying in the breeze.

  • sparrow

    . . . weightless . . .

  • Zenith

    This is a hard one. Moments of serenity are so rare. As I think about it, every sunset is a moment of perfection. A moment when I feel totally at one with the Creator. It is sadness and joy and perfect peace all at the same time.

  • pkr

    I experience serenity almost daily during my morning meditation.
    I also have serenity on my long walks thru my neighborhood amongst the mighty Redwoods, absolutely delightful.

  • Michele

    I remember a most beautiful sunset while visiting Key Largo at the Marriott there – stunning. I feel serenity when I’m outback in my lanai and view my backyard flowers, trees and wildlife.

  • Javier Visionquest

    To finally understand what was previously enough to simply know; serenity is in eventually seeing something that I’ve only looked at my entire life.

  • eliza

    Sitting at the waters edge on my first visit to the Isle of Skye looking across at the mountains and knowing in my soul that i was home – that i belonged -i was nothing and yet everything – there was no separateness and when a seagull cried overhead it was the eternal cry of every heart. One of the best moments of my life.

    • I remember that moment so well….

  • Trish

    Serenity comes to me when I’m immersed in nature: deep into the woods where the wind is hushed or in a cove at the ocean’s edge, feeling the salty mist. Serenity sometimes washes over me in church, particularly when I’m feeling most vulnerable. It’s like a sweet sadness that envelopes me & leads me to serenity.

  • Katrina

    A time when I have experienced serenity might be described as beachy,, breaking waves, salty, breezy, but not windy, sun low in the sky, mindlessness, and yet appreciation for it all.

  • Cathy

    On the trail. Those asphalt and mulch-pounding thoroughfares in a peaceful park provide me an hour of uninterrupted meditative time with myself. I do a 3-mile walk most days and about half-way through, with the endorphins fully kicked in, the experience I have in my head, body, and soul is completely serene. Those moments keep me going back for more.

  • devy
    My goal is to be able to always experience serenity. To love completely who I am, to accept all my life lessons both good and bad . Presently I experience serenity after I wake up do my morning meditation and self studies as the sun comes up and the birds welcome me. I am learning that my emotions are not controlled by other’s actions and that it is up to me to take responsibility to calm my inner child so that he and my real self can be one. My goal towards serenity at all times is still a...

    My goal is to be able to always experience serenity. To love completely who I am, to accept all my life lessons both good and bad . Presently I experience serenity after I wake up do my morning meditation and self studies as the sun comes up and the birds welcome me. I am learning that my emotions are not controlled by other’s actions and that it is up to me to take responsibility to calm my inner child so that he and my real self can be one. My goal towards serenity at all times is still a goal and a work in progress but I am better than I was a year ago.

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  • Howie Geib

    Most mornings, as the daylight lengthens and the shadows retreat slowly over whatever landscape I have at hand, the coffee machine gurgles away preparing my first cup, and I contemplate the awesomeness of another chance to get it right. No clutching, no tension, and truth be told no real passion as much as a sense of calm anticipation. As it will inevitably pass, and the day demand more effort.

  • Kevin

    I would describe that time as being 100% perfect!

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