Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Serenity Prayer

by Reinhold Niebuhr
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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 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
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Amen.
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"The darker the night, the brighter the stars.
The deeper the grief, the closer is God."

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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