514: Accept the Things You Cannot Change
I'm sure most of us know the serenity prayer. It was something I used to say a lot during certain times in my life . Some parts I see now are more practical then how I once used them. For those that are not familiar with it, here is the short, most well-known version: "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." (there is a longer version I am now seeing is much more practical, and thus perhaps more blogs to come on that.) For now though - this part in particular, "...accept the things I cannot change," which is like accepting that there are things in this world I cannot change, and one of those things for me that I must accept is that I cannot change other people. And while I might want to, or wish they would change themselves, this indicate I am not fully engaging within my own self-change. And so rather than attempting to, and using up my time, and ener...