serenity
a condition of peace and calm
TRANSLATION
serenity = die Gelassenheit --- GOOGLE INDEX serenity: approximately 78,000,000 Google hits
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More than half of 300 moms who were surveyed said that for Valentine's Day this year, they would gladly forgo flowers, chocolate, and jewelry in exchange for 24 hours to simply do nothing. No kids, no husband, no car pool, no cooking. Just SERENITY.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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The president of the United States stepped into the SERENITY of Thailand's most famous temple compound to marvel at its centerpiece — a gigantic, golden statue of a reclining Buddha propped up on one elbow before passing into nirvana.
(Time magazine)
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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The president of the United States stepped into the SERENITY of Thailand's most famous temple compound to marvel at its centerpiece — a gigantic, golden statue of a reclining Buddha propped up on one elbow before passing into nirvana.
(Time magazine)
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serenity
noun
- the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled
serene
adjective
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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Serenity and the adjective serene stem from the Latin serenitatem (nominative serenitas) by way of the French sérénité. The term was originally used in the 16th century to describe the weather.
One of the most well-known uses of this expression is in the Serenity Prayer, an originally untitled prayer by 20th American theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr. The prayer has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. The first verse offers this profound advice:
God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
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SYNONYMS
calm, cool, peacefulness, placidity, quietude, stillness, tranquillity
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noun
- the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled
serene
adjective
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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Serenity and the adjective serene stem from the Latin serenitatem (nominative serenitas) by way of the French sérénité. The term was originally used in the 16th century to describe the weather.
One of the most well-known uses of this expression is in the Serenity Prayer, an originally untitled prayer by 20th American theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr. The prayer has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. The first verse offers this profound advice:
God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
---
SYNONYMS
calm, cool, peacefulness, placidity, quietude, stillness, tranquillity
--
SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I enjoy the serenity of my garden after a stressful day at work."
