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09-19-2002, 12:42 AM
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| Paused  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Gainesville Ga.
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|  The Serenity Prayer..."Editorialized!"
The Serenity Prayer As a new person to AA the Serenity Prayer went like this for me... God,... What God? Where's God? Who's God? Grant Me... Yes, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, NOW The Serenity... Peace and Calm? What would that feel like? Feel? Don't go there To Accept... Accept? Accept? The Things... What Things? Some things? Most things? Surely not EVERYTHING! I Cannot Change... Oh, like the weather and the state of the nation. Stuff like that. The Courage To Change The Things I Can... Right On The Wisdom To Know The Difference... Oh, s*%t A little more time in AA... God,... Don't try to figure out God. Doesn't matter... Doesn't matter... Doesn't matter... Grant Me... Please, Please, Please, The Serenity... Yes, Peace. Yes, Calm. Quiet my brain... Please To Accept... Accept? Endure? The Things... OK. People. I Cannot Change... Can't change them. Can't Can't Can't. The Courage To Change The Things I Can... Can only change me. Me me me The Wisdom To Know The Difference... Ya, maybe when I am 10 Years sober. By taking the steps I am learning that I am a worthy and deserving child of a God that wants the best for me. I am coming to know what I deserve, what I want, and what is good for my spiritual growth. What I can and cannot accept is becoming clearer to me. Now when I say the serenity prayer..... God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can,... I am clearer now on what I can accept. I might not like it, but I can accept it, so I pray that God help me with acceptance. The courage to change the things I can't,... I am clearer now on what I cannot accept. so I must change it. Change usually brings up a lot of fear for me. I need courage, so I pray that God give me the courage to change what I know needs changing. The wisdom to know the difference... If I am unsure then I need wisdom. I pray for wisdom and humbly seek counsel from others. If I still struggle I take the steps It always works for me. |
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09-19-2002, 01:26 PM
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| It is what it is!!!  Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sobriety
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That is great Cary - I thought I was reading my own thoughts and feelings!!!
__________________  I know more about how to live than I did yesterday, but not as much as I'll know tomorrow. Today, Ill learn something new~JFT, 1/27/06 The difference between a good day and a bad day, is about 2 days~Ann of SR |
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09-19-2002, 06:32 PM
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| Sharing Our Light  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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Thanks Cary!! It took me a long long time to really "get" what this prayer meant, then one day the light went on and I knew... "the things I cannot change"...everything and everyone else. "The things I can"...me and my behaviour. "Wisdom to know the difference"...if it isn't about me then it isn't my business. What a great prayer!!
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~  |
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