SERENITY NOW

I give credit for todays blog post to 2 sources: (1) the Seinfeld tv show and (2) the Serenity Prayer poem that I remember learning as a child in Vacation Bible School. On the Seinfeld episode, Frank Costanza( George's dad), when he would get all stressed out, would recite this phrase that someone had recommended as a stress relieving technique. Actually, he didn't just recite it, he yelled it at the top of his lungs. SERENITY NOW! If you are at all familiar with that show, and his character, you recall that he was frequently stressed out over one thing or another. Anyway, how does this apply to me..Well, I have houseguests this week from out of state. My mom's brother and sister. Now, I realize that technically, these people are my relatives, but I couldn't feel any less related to them if they were from the planet Mars..Neptune..Saturn..or UrAnus...ok, cheap joke ( I always wanted to make a crack about Uranus..In short, WEIRD..So I thought maybe SERENITY NOW! might help. Well it didn't hurt...Then I remembered the Serenity Prayer. Perhaps it is more appropriate..I also learned that there was more to the poem that I had learned way back in VBS. So here it is in its entirety. Maybe ole Frank Costanza should have used this instead;)

The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships 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.


I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th