Dear Reader:

I don’t know how many of you remember this episode from the Jerry Seinfeld Show but it was truly funny since everyone watching could relate.

It all begins when George is driving his parents home and his dad, Frank, wants his wife to move her car seat up to give him more leg room. She refuses saying it is up. Frank starts coming unglued and screaming while George is trying to just get them home in one piece.

Suddenly he hears his father start yelling ” Serenity Now” Serenity Now!” It is so loud it is deafening … George asks his father why he is yelling that and apparently Frank had heard some self-calming guru giving this advice on some show. George asks if he was screaming the phrase as loud as he was in the car… Frank admits the guru was a little vague on how you said it.

George tells Jerry and Kramer about what his crazy father had been screaming in his ear driving them home… Jerry just laughs but Kramer loves the notion and keeps repeating it.

Then the next day Kramer has a really bad day ( everything goes wrong) and he loses it screaming ” Serenity Now” and proceeds to bash and destroy the twenty five computers he and George had just bought to re-sell at a higher price for another yet, unsuccessful get-rich quick scheme.

George returns home to discover the destruction as Kramer yells ” Serenity Now.” The scene ends with George sitting down completely devastated muttering softly , shaking his head ” to himself…”Serenity Now.”

We all have our own ” Serenity Now” days don’t we… when we mutter to ourselves ” If one more thing goes wrong”… and then it does and the flood gates suddenly pour out more than we can ever handle. Instead of ” Serenity Now!” we might mutter ” REALLY God… REALLY?!”

And that’s when we know God is real, REALLY!

When you look throughout the Psalms and scriptures the cry for serenity is probably at the top of the list for humans pleading with God to bring them calmness, peace of mind and inner serenity.

So until tomorrow…

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh