disection of serenity

The serenity prayer goes like this...

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;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

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I am going to to take this one piece by piece...

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

Ok, starting with that. Yes, please. I need to learn how to do this. I know this in my heart but for some reason people, experiences etc...things I can not change, bother me in some fashion. Examples: People that have no fear in expressing themselves but when someone challenges that thought, they get upset. That bugs me. People that judge people based on situations without the allowance of self change...that bugs me. Ok, god, grant me the serenity......

"courage to change the things I can"

This is very limited. See above....

"and wisdom to know the difference"

Ok, I have that one down pretty well...

"Living one day at a time;Enjoying one moment at a time;"

Most of the time, this is doable. My certain aspects require about a million moments at a time.

"Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; "

Ok, here we go... By definition, accept means "to agree to take" such as in duty or responsibility. Thats hard to do. Exhibit A...someone spends too much money on things they don't need. Spending is their drug. to accept the addiction, by this definition, is to agree to take the responsibility. Yes, take responsibility for actions but is there free help? no. Are there attorney's who do pro bono work as to help another citizen accept the responsibility? no. Should there be? yes. I have ideas people....

"Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; See above...so, the person has a spending addiciton and requires therapy and assisting in starting their lives over again. They performed a sin, of sorts, to their lives. Does God see the future in that this person is seen as accepting the sin? Maybe i am over analyzing (which, for those that know me, shouldn't be too surprising)

"Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;" How does this work for an addict exactly, whether alcohol, money, drugs etc...first is the word trust but then trustring that god will make things right if I surrender? Please explain....

"That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him". who doesn't want to be happy. who dreams of darkness and sadness? Not me!!!

"Forever in the next.Amen." AMEN to that.

There was a time in my life that all was sunshine and roses...with a little dirt, irises, tulips, weeds....but things happen. Life happens. And now I would like to change it. Too bad it requires the exact thing that I don't have.