"Works always in tranquility! Fuss and feverishness, anxiety, intensity, intolerance, instability, pessimism and wobble, and every kind of hurry and worry~ these even on the highest levels, are signs of the self-made and self-acting soul; the spiritual parvenu. The saints are never like that."
"St. John of the Cross says that every quality or virtue which that Spirit really produces in human souls has three distinguishing characters, tranquility, gentleness, strength."
~~Evelyn Underhill, The Spiritual Life, pp.72&71.

Praise, did you know that the Ruach Elohim, the Spirit, the life breath of God in the Old Testament, is a feminine plural noun? (Somehow the guys always forget to mention it….) Many Eastern Orthodox Christians still revere the wisdom of the Spirit as Sophia, Lady Wisdom. When those oh so human fusses take over. Breathe.
Breath of Life, Spirit of Wisdom, Lady Sophia, calm and center us in Thy wisdom and grace. Help us to dance in harmony with the songs around us. To keep the rhythm of the ever-changing cosmos and the tranquility of the everlasting trinity centered in our being as we toil at each daily task.
Tinker
Hardiman, hope I didn't offend. After years with Bishop Spong, we Episcopals in Newark can tend to the fringes. Blessings