Acceptance

I love the quote "God give me the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed;Give me courage to change things which must be changed;And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other." living by it is another matter. I think acceptance is a really difficult thing to come to terms with when you think you are infallible. If I don't like something, I am determined to change it and put an awful lot of effort into doing everything I can to change the situation. I realise that the wisdom in this quote is asking "God" or as I prefer, a heavenly being for the serenity to be able to accept things. It also asks for the courage to change things that can be changes and the wisdom to know the difference. This is more powerful on contemplation than it first seems as if I, you, anyone had this, our life would be so much calmer, worry free and less traumatic. I think of all the things that I desire most is to be able to live life with these three gifts in place. I guess one can only keep repeating the request to the heavenly being for this gift. I see no logical way of learning it other than by experience. I see a few people in life who are so calm and who have lovely souls and I realise one thing they have above all is this gift and I see how being able to have the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed the courage to change things which must be changed and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other enriches their life so much for the better.