I found this Serenity Prayer and wanted
to share it with you and others who use
it on a daily bases in life and recovery.
Serenity Prayer – Full Version (composed in 1940s)
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;
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life
And supremely happy with Him
Forever and ever in the next.
Amen.
After reading this that you shared......
"Then a friend from the town I moved away from invited
me to come over to hang out. Little did I know that night
would be the beginning of a very hard road that led to a
full blown alcoholic. I wish I could go back to that day and
not go."
I immediately thought about my life and
all that ive gone thru and how I had to learn
this Serenity Prayer by heart, so that I can
incorporate it in all my affairs.
For the past 27 yrs in recovery/sobriety, I
have had to learn how to accept my past,
especially my childhood and beyond, as well
as all the actors or family members who
were played major roles in my growing up.
Now in my late 50's I still have to practice
acceptance of people, places and things
during my lifetime because if I don't then
harboring resentments towards them would
fester inside my heart, mind and soul and
would eat me alive.
There is no way I can turn back the clock,
or regain my childhood, or change the out
come of it because its never gonna happen.
So I can either allow this awful childhood
experience take my life which it almost did
during my drinking career or I can and I did
make a healthy change by placing all of the
bad in my HP's hands because I have no
idea of what to do with it, taking that burden
off my shoulders, so that I can live a healthier,
happier, sober way of life and continue to be
the person I am meant to be.
A loving, caring, sober child of God. The person
I was born to be and want to continue being today.
Today, with continue courage to accept my
past, I now know the difference my life has
become in living a recovery life .....
AND
I WILL NOT let the past define who I am.