- 'Why you must pause, look up and out of the window.' - 'Why a geranium flowering on the windowsill and wind soughing in the pines is serenity' - 'How rain drumming on the roof can still the mind as effectively as a night of meditation' - 'How to recognize serenity once you have achieved it' This gorgeous pocketbook collects some of Ruskin Bond's wisest observations-as well as those of the thinkers he most admires-on a life of calm and how to live it. 'A Little Book of Serenity' is perfect to dip into in moments of disquiet and of peace-and to share.