Serenity

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.

This is the prayer that I have recited almost every day since January. See I'm not a very religious person-I don't go to church on a regular basis, heck I don't even really know what religion I believe in. What I do believe in is that there is a God and I really don't know what are why he does some things, but that's not for me to question. I admire people who put so much trust into their faith, and how it helps them through rough times. I don't have that, but recently I've discovered that I have something else. Me.

Someone suggested I read the book "The Secret" that Oprah had made famous on her show. I was going through a rough time in life and was so negative and pessimistic. So I read the book and was amazed at how much it inspired me. It was mainly about the power of positive thinking and the law of attraction. It gave ME the power to control what happened, and how to handle it. I really focused on this theory, not really having much to lose and to my surprise it has really helped me through some bad situations. Things still happen, but I can't let them ruin my life and my outlook on life. So this Serenity Prayer, means a lot to me because like it says-"accept the things I cannot change, and change the things I can"---that is where the power of ME comes into place. And also "Living one day at a time, accepting hardships as the pathways to peace"--makes me stop and live for today, knowing that with every hardship, I am getting closer to that peace!