Serenity is peace from within the storm

"I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn’t feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not--more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving." -  Beverly Sills

"Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is Peace from within the storm. There is a depth of serenity that comes only with inner Peace.” - Lee Doyle
"Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives.” - Mary Ann Brussat

"Learning to Walk...a Second Time”  "C'mon, Tim, c'mon! You can do it! You can do it, Tim.” He recalls he could practically hear his family and friends as they silently urged him to take his very first steps...toward his birthday cake! However, Tim was not a toddler reaching a developmental milestone. It was an even more wondrous event... Tim had been paralyzed from the shoulders down in an automobile accident on November 6, 2003. When doctors talked to him about his prognosis, his first words were "I'm gonna walk again. I'm gonna walk!"
 

Time is the only currency you absolutely will run out of, spend it wisely. Don’t spend it on hating people for disagreeing with you.