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Serenity Prayer
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Posted on 02/15/2014 7:58:29 PM PST by Innovative

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Every once in a while we all need a reminder...
1 posted on 02/15/2014 7:58:30 PM PST by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Amen


2 posted on 02/15/2014 8:02:55 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Innovative

It’ll be 24 years one day at a time saying that prayer on the 23rd. of this month.


3 posted on 02/15/2014 8:03:13 PM PST by jmacusa ("Chasing God out of the classroom didn't usher in The Age of Reason''.)
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To: Innovative
Please, Dear Lord, grant me that serenity! I have been at toil for some long time!



"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

4 posted on 02/15/2014 8:03:55 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlicha<center> <table backel the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: jmacusa

“It’ll be 24 years one day at a time saying that prayer on the 23rd. of this month.”

Wonderful!

It is a great reminder to keep things in perspective.


5 posted on 02/15/2014 8:08:36 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: jmacusa

congratulations. and there is always the short version
(to be polite on the forum)
“screw it”


6 posted on 02/15/2014 8:14:06 PM PST by bravo whiskey (We should not fear our government. Our government should fear us.)
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To: jmacusa

seven for me this past November 15th.


7 posted on 02/15/2014 8:14:50 PM PST by Hildy (Falling down is how you grow. Staying down is how you die.)
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“Falling down is how you grow. Staying down is how you die.”

Love your tagline.

So true - it’s not what happens to you, it’s what you do after it happens.


8 posted on 02/15/2014 8:21:24 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: jmacusa

Congratulations! By the grace of God, I’ll be 23 on 2/17.


9 posted on 02/15/2014 8:27:53 PM PST by peggybac (My boss I respect, my father I revered. Chris Rock, Mr. Obama is NOT my boss or my father.)
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To: Hildy

AWESOME, Hildy!


10 posted on 02/15/2014 8:28:24 PM PST by peggybac (My boss I respect, my father I revered. Chris Rock, Mr. Obama is NOT my boss or my father.)
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To: jmacusa

I am assuming you are a friend of Bill. Congratulations. What a miracle you are


11 posted on 02/15/2014 8:29:52 PM PST by Nifster
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Congrats jmacusa. Same amount of time for me.
Keep comin’ back.


12 posted on 02/15/2014 8:30:31 PM PST by Mountain Mary ("Where Liberty Dwells, There Is My Country". Ben Franklin)
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To: bravo whiskey

certainly one that I use often enough


13 posted on 02/15/2014 8:30:34 PM PST by Nifster
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To: bravo whiskey

Thank you one and all. Remember what humility is. Humility is knowing you’re not God. Try to live usefully each day and walk humbly under the eyes of God.


14 posted on 02/15/2014 8:30:45 PM PST by jmacusa ("Chasing God out of the classroom didn't usher in The Age of Reason''.)
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To: peggybac

great day to be sober.... a good friend of mine will be 38 on the 17th (which is Monday)


15 posted on 02/15/2014 8:31:17 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Innovative

Good timing, thanks. I hope it’s ok if I post the full prayer as attributed to Niebuhr.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.


16 posted on 02/15/2014 8:31:30 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Hildy

Kudos Hildy.
And many more to come.


17 posted on 02/15/2014 8:32:02 PM PST by Mountain Mary ("Where Liberty Dwells, There Is My Country". Ben Franklin)
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To: D-fendr

Thanks for the whole prayer, D. Hadn’t seen it in a long while.


18 posted on 02/15/2014 8:33:43 PM PST by Mountain Mary ("Where Liberty Dwells, There Is My Country". Ben Franklin)
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To: jmacusa

Congrats. 10 years here. July 26, 2003.


19 posted on 02/15/2014 8:39:07 PM PST by BAW ("If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan. Period.")
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To: Mountain Mary

Thank you. No coincidence. My first day without a drink was Sunday, February the 23rd, 1990. This year the 23rd. is also a Sunday.


20 posted on 02/15/2014 8:39:12 PM PST by jmacusa ("Chasing God out of the classroom didn't usher in The Age of Reason''.)
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