7 Using the Serenity Prayer On the walls of thousands of A.A. meeting rooms, in any of a variety of languages, this invocation can be seen:
God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, The courage, to change the things we can, And the wisdom to know the difference.
That word "serenity" looked like an impossible goal when we first saw the prayer. In fact, if serenity meant apathy, bitter resignation, or stolid endurance, then we didn't even want to aim at it. But we found that serenity meant no such thing. When it comes to us now, it is more as plain recognition a clear-eyed, realistic way of seeing the world, accompanied by inner peace and strength. Serenity is like a gyroscope that lets us keep our balance no matter what turbulence swirls around us. And that is a state of mind worth aiming for. Wagon
I love that prayer! Each time I say it I find a whole new meaning in it!
Serenity Grant accept change courage wisdom knowing God
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
