Serenity Prayer

For majority of my life, I was always afraid of not being in control of everything. For me, it was hard not knowing what the outcome of any given situation and not being able to govern said situation. I can honestly say that this applied to my personal and profession daily activities. When there were some things that I felt were not how it was supposed to be, in my mind, I would interject myself and try to change the reaction. Some of the most truest and profound words that I have heard read or heard are contained in the Serenity Prayer. This simple poem has taught me the belief that in all that I do, whether it is my profession, my industry, my career, or my education, that I must lean on God take of the things that I have no control over. As the Serenity Prayer has a few stanzas, I have only learned and focused on the first. It reads as:

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.

(Reinhold Niebuhr)

I was married, only had one child at the time, and lived in a townhouse. My current job was decent, but we lived paycheck to paycheck. I was an hourly employee and really depended on overtime for most of bills. It got to a point that money was low and I was worried about paying my rent, even to the point that I could not sleep and developed ulcers. I was in bad shape physically. It was not until my wife reminded me of the Serenity Prayer and that I really took it to heart. That night, I read the prayer to myself and focused on what the author was trying to say. Let go and let God rang throughout me. I prayed to God and had the best night of sleep I had had in a long time. Sure enough, we found the money for the rent and