Serenity

[I've been on holiday & thus also took a break from blogging.]

Our recent holiday was a road trip of nearly two weeks. It took us through different biospheres and parts of our beautiful country. We experienced cold, rain and stormy conditions, as well as glorious sunshine days and landscape scenes of serene tranquillity and beauty!

In reflecting on this trip and on what is left over, or stays on in my mind about it, I have found that even though holidays come and go and work prevails, you can find and hold on to a piece of peace that surpasses circumstances and understanding. It is possible to go through your fast moving busy day, with a sense of  immovable, solid peace intact. In fact, that peace can be a source of strength and stability.

One can lead from a place of inner peace, or a place of inner unrest. All leaders experience times where they are providing leadership, while at the same time a storm is raging in their mind and emotions.  Many times this storm in your inner being has very little, or even nothing to do with the people or situation that you are addressing at that moment. Unfortunately they (normally) still suffer the consequences!

To be leading from a place of constant inner turmoil and unrest will have dire consequences in the long run.It is a source of major distress and a variety of health problems in the lives of many leaders!

No one should live in a storm for ever. No one should live life in a constant state of inner turmoil. We should all frequently go to a place of peace. Physical and Spiritual.  A Place where you can experience and absorb serenity. Serenity that you can keep in your heart and hold on to in turbulent days!   Much like the words of a song we used to sing as students: "Catch a falling star and put in in your pocket, save it for a rainy day......-Then you'll have a pocket full of starlight!"

That is why David in the well known Psalm 23 said: "The Lord....lets me rest in fields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water."

There is two things that we need to do: 1. Identify the origin and content of  the storms in our lives and try to eliminate and prevent, or avoid that as much as possible.  2. Identify where and what it is that brings peace into your life and do that more often!   -Lead from a inner place of  serenity!!

At Golden Gate near Clarens in the Eastern Free State.

On the outskirts of Montagu in the Western Cape.