God, grant me the
serenity
To accept the things I cannot change.
The 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 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