God, grant me the
serenity
to accept the
people I cannot change,
which is pretty
much everyone,
since I’m clearly
not you, God.
At least not the
last time I checked.
And while you’re
at it God,
please give me the
courage
to change what I
need to change about myself,
which is frankly a
lot, since, once again,
I’m not you, which
means I’m not perfect.
It’s better for me
to focus on changing myself
than to worry
about changing other people,
who, as you’ll not
doubt remember me saying,
I can’t change
anyway.
Finally, give me
the wisdom to just shut up
whenever I think
that I’m clearly smarter
than everyone else
in the room,
that no one knows
what they’re talking about except me,
or that I alone
have all the answers.
Basically, God,
grant me the
wisdom
to remember that I’m
not you.
Amen.
--Fr. James
Martin,
A New Serenity Prayer
Image source: Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XIV of France (1701), https://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/work/12/index.html
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