Poem: The Serenity 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.

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

A Yen for Publicity

Madame Yen Yen in her finest moment of glory at the World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China.

Poem: Answered Prayer

ANSWERED PRAYER

I asked God for strength,
that I might achieve;
I was made weak, that I might learn to obey.

I asked for health,
that I might do greater things;
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.

I asked for riches, that I might be happy;
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men;
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life;
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.

I received nothing that I asked for -
but all that I had hoped for;
almost despite myself,
my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among all men,
most richly blessed.

- Unknown Confederate Soldier