[PW] Fame of Serenity Prayer

[Franco, Adrienne]

It's interesting to note that the serenity prayer as recited by AA and
many other groups is an abbreviated version.  The full version of the
prayer appears below (http://www.achievebalance.com/spirit/serenity.htm
)
Some Christian-based recovery groups, such as Celebrate Recovery
(http://wwww.celebraterecovery.com) recite the complete prayer.  The
prayer was composed by Reinhold Niebuhr:

God,
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.

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.

Adrienne Franco / Iona College 


"Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote: 
For a very important article on the Serenity Prayer I am writing on
deadline, I need a few statements from prominent sources attesting to
the fame of the Serenity Prayer. I would welcome suggestions of
statements about its being one of the most famous prayers of all time,
about its influence on the lives of prominent people or large numbers of
ordinary people, or about its importance in Alcoholics Anonymous, as
well as references to the SP in important works of literature or other
important books or films or songs.  Because I am on deadline, responses
today or tomorrow would be particularly valuable.

I already know about the references in the Wikipedia article on the
Serenity Prayer.

Fred Shapiro
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