Ok...so while I've been preoccupied with my daughter, the words to the serenity prayer came to mind. An answer to a prayer maybe? I realized that once again, I was stressing over things that were most likely beyond my control anyway. So...here it is...for my own benefit, and anyone else who may need to hear it...
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference.
I hope this helps me to stop worrying so much. I certainly do have other things I should be doing. Perhaps I can now go and do that which really is within my power to do. I'll try.
Blessings to all.
MM
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I have this prayer posted by my computer. It's funny how somedays I don't notice it, and others it stands out like a flashing neon light.
Sounds like it's there for you when you most need it! That's how it is for me too.
I have that framed and hanging on my bedroom wall. It is a prayer that comes in handy, especially when we forget we aren't in charge of what life deals out to us. It has been a blessing to me over the years.
It is really a special and inspired prayer! It has taken me awhile to fully appreciate it's wisdom, but now, I embrace it wholeheartedly. Like you said...we aren't always in charge!
I hope it helped, I need to say it many times every day, He only gives us what we can handle
It always helps me...though not always 'in the moment'. I think so much is said in that simple prayer...about faith, about relationships, about life. It's wisdom in a nut-shell!