![]() ![]() We accumulate it in our abilities, habits and in the case of humans, our habits of thought. The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. God, grant us the serenity To accept the things we cannot change, The courage to change the things we can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Adaptation is the process by which we accumulate the wisdom to know the difference between what we can and can’t change. Please join me in closing the meeting with the Serenity Prayer. A beaver whose body manifests the courage to change the weather and the serenity to accept trees as unchangeable would not survive to reproduce. The life forms that survive are the ones that exert themselves to transform what they can transform and not what they can’t. Their teeth are evidence of their adaptive ability to change tree trunks. Their thick fur coats are evidence of their adaptive acceptance that they can’t change the weather. It had occurred to me already that evolutionary adaptation paralleled the serenity prayer. Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. God, give me 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. We have created interactive, printable workbooks with tips and information for dealing with loss.At the time I had been thinking a lot about Darwinism and the serenity prayer. In 1951, Neibuhr published a printed version of the Serenity Prayer, including the first written mention of the word ‘grace’ in the poem. There are also a number of Grief Support Groups throughout the region. To accept the things I cannot change Courage to change the things I can And wisdom to know the difference. The Short Version of the Serenity Prayer. Our Ongoing Support Resource Directory offers a wide range of resources that may be helpful. The serenity prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr comes in two versions: the short version of the prayer for serenity and the serenity prayer long version. I thank you for letting me see the light of a new day Bright Sun of Righteousness, arise and shine in my heart, so that I may walk as a child of light as in the day, and finally see you in the eternal light of joy everlasting. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for coping with grief. O Lord Jesus, Creator of all things, the light of the glory of the Father in heaven. ![]() Our StarShine care team has extensive training and expertise providing compassionate support to ease your journey and aid your family’s healing. If your child died while in the care of our StarShine Hospice and Palliative Care team, StarShine Bereavement Services can help. To contact a bereavement specialist, call 51 or email us at StarShine Hospice Bereavement Care
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