S2 Ep.113 Practising Calmness
Still, waters run deep.
The above is a famous quote. Still, waters run deep is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides a passionate or subtle nature. Formerly it also carried the warning that silent people are dangerous, as in Suffolk's comment on a fellow lord in William Shakespeare's play Henry VI part 2:
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show, he harbors treason...
No, no, my sovereign, Gloucester is a man
Unsounded yet and full of deep deceit. [1]
The aspect I am looking at here is the element of the exterior not having control of the internal. From my observation as a human here on earth, our lives are best lived from the inside out and not the other way around. The external is always subject to the internal, but unfortunately, so many of us have lost the fight. We have given control to external pressures, and somehow we crumble under that pressure.
Looking at the lives of successful people, one will see this level of calmness with which they operate, taking charge of their affairs, not living in denial of the external pressures but pointing to the reality of the inner truth of living from within. In putting this down, the serenity prayers come to mind, which is attributed to a prayer attributed to Reinhold Neibuhr, 1892-1971;
God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world As it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right If I surrender to His Will; So that I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with Him Forever and ever in the next. Amen.
I see this as a prayer from within, living from within.
On this episode of the Word Café, this will be my focus.
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