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 hardships 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 lifeand supremely happy with You

forever in the next.

AMEN

– Reinhold Niebuhr