The Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
Courage to change the
things I can, and the
wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship 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 (1926)
Shown above is one of several versions of “The Serenity Prayer” known to exist, the work having been revised by its author more than once.
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was born on 21 June 1892 in Wright City, Missouri, United States of America. He was a Christian Protestant minister (1915 - 1928), a professor at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960), and an editor of the magazine “Christianity and Crisis” (1941 - 1966). Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr passed on at 78 years of age on 1 June 1971 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
Courage to change the
things I can, and the
wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship 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 (1926)
Shown above is one of several versions of “The Serenity Prayer” known to exist, the work having been revised by its author more than once.
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was born on 21 June 1892 in Wright City, Missouri, United States of America. He was a Christian Protestant minister (1915 - 1928), a professor at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960), and an editor of the magazine “Christianity and Crisis” (1941 - 1966). Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr passed on at 78 years of age on 1 June 1971 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
