by Richard Niebuhr

“God give me grace to accept with serenity the things that I cannot change, Courage to change the things which should be change, 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 the 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.”