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.
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.
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.
Reinhold Niebuhr, 1932
Senyor, concedeix-me la serenitat
per acceptar tot allò que no puc canviar,
el coratge per canviar el que puc canviar
i la saviesa per entendre la diferència.
Vivint dia a dia;
gaudint de cada moment;
Acceptant les privacions com un camí cap a la pau;
acceptant aquest món impur tal com és
i no com jo crec que ha de ser
tal com va fer Jesús,
Confiant que faràs totes les coses bé
així, lliurant-me a la teva voluntat,
podré ser raonablement feliç en aquesta vida
i aconseguir la felicitat suprema a la teva vora en la próxima.
Amén.
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