This well-known prayer expresses some key guidelines to our philosophy of living. One group member explained it this way:
For me, the things I cannot change are other people, places, and circumstances. The only things I can change are my attitudes, reactions and action toward the people, places and circumstances in my life.
The wisdom to know the difference, well, thats a hard one. I dont always know what I can and cannot change until I try changing it. Wisdom comes by trial and error. The more experience I have, the more understanding, knowledge, and wisdom I have.
Today I will accept that much of my wisdom can only come through my daily experiences. I need to expect to make some mistakes in my attitudes, actions, and judgment of what I can and cannot change. I will learn to be patient with myself and others as I gain more understanding from my mistakes.
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'