Serenity Prayer – Blog

The routine of modern life is increasingly tiring and stressful. We work, study, take care of the house, the children, deal with avalanches of information through cell phones, tablets and notebooks, and we still have to take care of physical and mental health. Ufa! To alleviate all the wear and tear caused by the routine, you can incorporate in your day-to-day a serenity prayer.

Prayers, regardless of religion, help keep us more centered, more serene, happier and more optimistic. It’s like the saying goes: “healthy mind, healthy body”, so if you are going through a turbulent time in your life, start praying, believing, having faith that everything will calm down.

The Serenity Prayer was written in the year 1943 to encourage and inspire those who are looking for peace. It is based on three pillars that God is able to grant us: acceptance, wisdom and courage.

In addition, this prayer makes us reflect and understand that we can and must trust God and put our difficulties and worries in his hands, because only then will we truly have peace.

There are two versions of the Serenity Prayer, the full version (it’s below) and a shorter version. This shorter format is carried by many in their daily lives as a motto to face difficulties.

Serenity Prayer (Full Version)

“God,
grant me serenity
To accept what I cannot change,
The courage to change what I can
And the wisdom to know how to discern between the two.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Receiving hardship as a path to peace,
Accepting this sinful world as it is, as Jesus did, not as I would like it to be;
Trusting that the Lord will make it all right
If I surrender to His will;
So I can be reasonably happy in this life
And supremely happy at His side on the other.
Amen. ”

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Serenity Prayer (Abridged Version)

“Grant me, Lord, the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.”

Keep this prayer in mind whenever you feel like you are losing control of your life and learn to surrender your destiny to the universe. Everything will flow better!