the rest of the prayer

The Serenity Prayer

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.


This is the part I never knew was there...

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as Jesus 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


This simple prayer has so many profound truths and principles- it's amazing. Two of my favorite lines are 'one day at a time' and 'accepting hardships as a pathway to peace' God's view of life is so drastically different and world-altering isn't it?