In church on Sunday, we heard a different version of the serenity prayer:
Show me what is yours to do Lord.
Show me what is mine to do.
Show me what’s what, and make it clear.
This is the traditional 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.
Both are worth praying.
I’ve always liked the serenity prayers. And now I like the updated version, too. Thanks for the reminder.
It’s hard to improve on the traditional prayer but good to have another way of thinking about it.