To the Year that Was and the Year that Will Be

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference..

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardship 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 next.

Amen.

(The Serenity Prayer, Reinhold Neibuhr-1926)