The Serenity Prayer (Remix)

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;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world

as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right

if I surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with Him

Forever in the next.

Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

While I am not religious in any stretch of the imagination, I do believe in much of what this prayer is calling upon. So I wrote the "remix" to fit my prayer needs at school on a (seemingly) daily basis.

Dear soul of mine, please grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change, no matter how hard I try;

courage to change the things I can, and those which others did not believe could;

and the wisdom to fight the good fight to the end.

Living one day at a time, changing one child at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time, teaching one concept at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to success;

Taking this sinful system,

not as it is, but as it should be;

Benefiting children and ensuring an equal education for all

if I fight for the forgotten, undesirable;

That I may be dissatisfied with anything but the best

and never forget what I'm fighting for: equality.

Amen.