Showing posts with label The Serenity Prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Serenity Prayer. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2012

The Serenity Prayer

One of the few prayers that has stuck with me since becoming an atheist is the Serenity Prayer.
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. 
Now that I've seen the secular light, I know that it's pointless to ask of God what we can do for ourselves. This revised "prayer" serves as a reminder to do just that.
 Brain, 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.
 
Revising further, it serves a new purpose. This is a reminder that while encouraging critical thinking and challenging fundamentalism is great, religious debates with some theists are a waste of time and resources. Furthermore, our own beliefs should always be subject to change given new insight or information.
Brain, grant me the serenity to accept the beliefs I cannot change,
The courage to change the beliefs I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference. 
The Serenity Prayer, it's not just for theists and alcoholics anymore.