Sublime Wind Chime Blog
Author Rick
Title Serenity Now!
Created Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
Content seinfeld in blogFor those of you that are Seinfeld fans, this blog's title should evoke a smile. For those of you that have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll explain.

Serenity Now was the title of the 159th episode of NBC's blockbuster sitcom- "Seinfeld". In this particular episode,  Frank Castanza,  the father of one of Jerry Seinfeld's buds,George Castanza, was instructed to say, aloud--"serenity now", as a means of controlling his blood pressure.  Knowing Frank's character would help explain why, instead of "saying" serenity now, he would "yell" it!

It cracks me up, partly because of  Frank's personality, but mostly because of the humorous irony of attempting to force serenity by screaming! It's also the reason I decided to entitle this blog "Serenity Now!"

My own route and methods through some dark years, post military service, weren't too far removed from Frank's. I was trying to force serenity, trying to escape grief, trying to run from a burgeoning cloud of insecurity--by "screaming". The ultimate outcome of my "screaming" was deteriorating health.

I'm going to stop here as I collect my thoughts and flesh out how to organize my story.  The main purpose of my blogging won't be to weave a tale of woe, but to present what I have experienced to be healthy, legitimate ways to work toward wholeness (I'm still not totally there by the way-and yes, windchimes do make a cameo appearance in the recipe for serenity).

My blog will be an eclectic collection of ideas, and experiences that I've gleaned from emotional, medical, spiritual, relational study as I trudge along in the direction of health and healing. I'm hoping others will want to share their ideas about ways they've found to help with the business of getting on with life in a healthy way. (BTW--For those of you that are "Simpsons" fans, and are tempted to proclaim..."beer is the cause of and solution to all of life's problems"-forget it).

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