Niebuhr's Prayer
Father, give me
Change what must be changed courage,
Accept tranquility what you can't help,
Then give them insight to distinguish them.
Common name for an initially untitled prayer attributed to the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. (1892-1971).
Niebuhr prayer - Wikipedia
Original is a little longer.
serenity: peaceful 、 peace (esp. public peace) 、 spiritual restoration
courage to change what must be altered,
serenity to accept what cannot be helped,
and the insight to know the one from the other.
be able to change
I can't change it.
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