by Darla Baker
Five Steps to Achieving Serenity Now
5:18 pm in Wellness by Darla Baker
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.Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.~Reinhold Niebuhr
There is a great episode of Seinfeld where Kramer decides to create a front porch outside of his apartment. Also going on is a business venture in George’s father’s garage. Kramer’s front porch suffers vandalism and the business venture goes bust. As the show ends, George’s mother is driving the car back into the garage and we hear George’s father screaming at the top of his lungs, “SERENITY NOW!”
What a contrast. Too often people wish for the version of serenity depicted in the Serenity Prayer, but seek serenity in the manner of George’s father, screaming out either figuratively or literally, hidden in the scream is the plea for everyone around us to behave in a manner which will for once and finally give us SERENITY NOW!
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