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.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
Some things I cannot change: my
age, who my relatives are,
my eye
color, my height, my childhood experiences,
my
inborn talents, my nature, someone else's abuse of alcohol or other drugs,
whether the sun will shine, my job history,
what I
will inherit, how my parents feel, yesterday's lost opportunities,
how
long I will live, who forgives me, how my parents treated me,
how
much I am loved, the past.
Some things I can change: the youthfulness of
my spirit,
who my
friends are, my hair color, my weight, my adult experiences,
my
achievements, my character, my reaction to someone else's
use of
alcohol or other drugs, whether my eyes will shine, my job possibilities,
what I
will bequeath, how I feel, my ability to act on today's
opportunities, how well I will live, whom I forgive,
how I
treat my own children, how much I love, the future.
I thank God for my
growing ability to choose.
from
the book:
Days of Healing, Days of Joy by Earnie Larsen and Carol Larsen
Hegarty
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