(Untitled)

[balmofgilead]

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all

Comments

[hope_persists]

my sponsor in AA has told me to interpret the serenity prayer as:

grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change (ie, everything outside of myself)
the courage to change the things i can (ie, things about myself)
and the wisdom to know the difference (ie boundaries)