Serenity is cultivated

Serenity grows when you put in order what depends on you and surrender to God what you cannot control. It is not passivity; it is trust combined with responsibility. Many anxieties increase because we want to regulate everything, foresee everything, and look good before everyone. Simple prayer restores proportion: today it is enough to be faithful to the possible good. Here too God enters in a very concrete way. He does not look only at what you do on the outside; he also wants to order the heart, heal what is wounded, and teach you to respond better, not merely to react.