Father, give me
- Change what must be changed courage,
- Accept tranquility what you can’t help,
- Then give them insight to distinguish them.
Common name for an initially untitled prayer attributed to the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. (1892-1971).
- Niebuhr prayer - Wikipedia
- Original is a little longer.
serenity: peaceful 、 peace (esp. public peace) 、 spiritual restoration
courage
to change what must be altered,
serenity
to accept what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from the other.
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