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My prayer (Original Post) orangecrush May 2023 OP
Thank you. It would be well if we all lived by these words. LoisB May 2023 #1
Thank you! orangecrush May 2023 #12
I'm deeply moved/emotional by this. TY. 🩷 🩵 sprinkleeninow May 2023 #2
Thank you orangecrush May 2023 #11
I get so angry. cilla4progress May 2023 #3
Angry for justice orangecrush May 2023 #10
❤️ littlemissmartypants May 2023 #4
Thank you orangecrush May 2023 #9
YW, oc. ❤️ littlemissmartypants May 2023 #13
Wow... what a great poem. calimary May 2023 #5
Most welcome orangecrush May 2023 #8
Lovely, although the words keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking don't make much sense Karadeniz May 2023 #6
A heart that is hardened orangecrush May 2023 #7
I say another prayer every day.. And Thank You... orangecrush... for your wonderful contribution. (great prayer!!) Stuart G Nov 2023 #14
Thank you, Stuart G! orangecrush Nov 2023 #15
Nice one bif Nov 2023 #16

calimary

(81,450 posts)
5. Wow... what a great poem.
Sat May 27, 2023, 03:35 AM
May 2023

Healing and comforting. True wisdom of the deepest kind. Thank you for posting this, orangecrush. It’s gonna help somebody make it through the night.

Stuart G

(38,439 posts)
14. I say another prayer every day.. And Thank You... orangecrush... for your wonderful contribution. (great prayer!!)
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 04:24 PM
Nov 2023
God grant me the serenity for the things that cannot be changed, the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference.


...Also, "God grant me the patience for the changes that take time, and tolerance for those with different struggles"
............"And I pray that I can get up and try again" ..."One Day At A Time

orangecrush

(19,616 posts)
15. Thank you, Stuart G!
Sat Nov 4, 2023, 03:40 PM
Nov 2023

Love the Serenity prayer.

When I was in Catholic school back in the late 60's, we went to visit a family friend. I was about 13, and saw a framed copy of the serenity prayer on a shelf.

I remember thinking, "how different this is from the prayers we say every day at school. This prayer seems to give a practical tool that can be used right here in this world"...

Little did I know ...
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