The Serenity Prayer

         God, give me grace to accept with serenity

        the things that cannot be changed,

       Courage to change the things

        which should be changed,

         and the Wisdom to distinguish

         the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,

Enjoying one moment at a time,

Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,

Taking, as Jesus did,

This sinful world as it is,

Not as I would have it,

Trusting that You will make all things right,

If I surrender to Your will,

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,

And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

                             - Reinhold Niebuhr

The short version of The Serenity Prayer was introduced to me recently as a tool to use and recite when I start to feel the heaviness creep in. I have memories of reading it over and over at my Grandma's house, when I was little. I clearly remember wondering what serenity even meant. I came across this longer version.  The Serenity Prayer has been a heaven-sent for me the past couple weeks. Just reading the beautiful words sets my mind in a good place and reminds my heart to be still.