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 hardship as a pathway to peace;

Taking, as you 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;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life,

And supremely happy with you for ever in the next.

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971).