the lonely shepherd

The Serenity Prayer

by Reinhold Niebuhr

God, give us 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.

雖然不是Christian，看了這個pray，也有些感觸。

給我平靜的心，接受不可改變的事實；

給我勇氣，改變可以改變的事情！

這就是我所理解的。

我能做到嗎？

誰能鼓勵我，給我勇氣呢？

抑或從頭到尾，我只是一個 lonely shepherd。

March 31, 2007

0216 @ Seattle home