—While I’d pick Newt any day of the week and twice on Sunday over mitt, Newt is a bottom tier choice.—
That sums it up for me as well.
If I thought that who becomes the president in 2013 really mattered I’d be very, very distraught over this election.
Fortunately, I’ve gotten past the pain of realizing where we are as a nation, and a planet, and have already started (three years ago) doing what I can to reduce the risk of bad outcomes for me and mine, which is all a man can really do. It is also what a man is responsible to do.
The Sirenity prayer applies to this year’s election cycle more than any other in my lifetime (I’m 58)
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.
—Reinhold Niebuhr
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.
I really like that prayer. Thanks for posting it.