Yes, Serenity – Even and Especially Now

This is entirely Diana Butler Bass’s Great Idea posted in her substack, The Cottage, where she posted her ‘late night reflection’:

‘Serenity… Are You Kidding?

Everything is worse than expected. Hearts are breaking; many are confused and afraid.’

Please read her excellent blog post here.

She posted this back on August 01, 2025 – and life in America has only gotten worse since. But her summation rings even more true:

‘Moral injury is just that — trauma that violates one’s core ethical beliefs. 

And that’s what we’ve been suffering for the last half year. A government that is purposefully, cruelly, and maliciously creating trauma to make millions of us transgress or shift our own moral boundaries — to inure us to their destruction of democracy and the harm being done to our neighbors. 

If you feel bad, it means you haven’t yet been broken. It means you still have a soul. Your moral core has not been breached.’

Perhaps this is why K-Pop Demon Hunters has become such an international phenomenon: it invites us to recognize the soul-sucking demons of our time and raise our voice, collectively and in serenity, in opposition.

The prayer is a powerful place to start.

Resting in serenity, we hear what it is we need to hear so that we can identify the difference between what is ours to let go and what is ours to change.

It is in serenity that we discover our own courage and inspire others to find theirs.

It is in serenity that we empower one another to change what can be changed.

Yes, serenity, even and especially now.

Serenity within and serenity shared with others so that together we know change is possible.