 Serenity Prayer
 to hear Let It Be
GOD,
grant me the
SERENITY
to accept the things
I cannot change
COURAGE
to change the
things I can
and the
WISDOM
to know the difference.
Living ONE DAY AT A TIME;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship 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 things right if I
surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy
in this life, and supremely
happy with Him forever in
the next.
Amen.
It is uncertain how old the Serenity Prayer is or who really wrote it. It may date as far back as Boethius, a philosopher (500 A.D.), who wrote "Consolidation of Philosophy" during his time in prison, before the Christians martyred him. Reinhold Niebuhr, often credited with writing the Serenity Prayer, accredited Friedrich Oetinger, an 18th century theologian. In 1947, Niebuhr read it in an obituary notice in the New York Tribune. He liked it so much that he shared it with Bill W. (of Alcoholics Anonymous). It seemed so fitting for AA that it has ever since been associated with the group.
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"Be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi 
"A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world." Mohammed (PBUH)
"Life is a bridge; enjoy while crossing, but don't build a castle upon it." Upanishads
