"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the ones I can
and the wisdom to know the difference"
2007-07-11 15:35:08 · 7 answers · asked by cheeky frog 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
serenity prayer
i thought it was st francis of assisi
adopted by the AA
but wiki says
The Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitled prayer written by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1930s or early 1940s.
2007-07-11 15:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcoholics Anonymous
2007-07-11 15:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really should learn about this cool website called "Google". You enter a term to use for search, and this site will bring back relevant results! For example, I just pasted the prayer into "Google", and the first search result was this!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer
2007-07-11 15:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is called the Serenity Prayer.
That is all I know about it.
Ditto.
2007-07-11 15:37:42 · answer #4 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty sure it is the prayer used at AA meetings.
2007-07-11 15:44:41 · answer #5 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where it originated, but they use it in alcoholics anonymous
2007-07-11 15:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by NONAME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a nice prayer.
2007-07-11 15:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋