serenity

“God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.”
— Reinhold Niebuhr

About Halsted M. Bernard

Halsted, a/k/a cygnoir, does stuff with words. Her favourite things to do with words are keeping this diary, writing stories, and organising information. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband, two cats, a few gadgets, several fountain pens, and many books.

Posted on 8 Feb 2005 in Diary
  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/stanishjohnd/ John S

    Isn’t that the serenity pledge that Alcoholics’ Anonymous uses? :)

  • J. Steinhoff

    Ah… that’s a bit different that the one I use:

    “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;
    and the willpower to resist choking the living s**t out of every a**hole who sorely deserves it.”

  • http://www.basementshow.net TFF

    Amen.

  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/michael_va Michael

    That quote by Neibuhr, as well as the prayer for serenity used by AA, are variations on a prayer to Zeus attributed to Epictetus.