![]() Grace is to accept the fact of your acceptance by God, no matter what. It’s a powerful truth to realize that God loves and accepts me just as I am, just the way I am. What I’m discovering in deeper ways in my life, is the greatest wisdom in life – is to believe, know, experience and soak in the love of God and to allow that love to overflow in my life so that I will love well – others and even myself. And I am working on doing better, I always want to improve and to learn more for the joy of it rather than having to prove anything to anyone or to get in good with God, but to become fully myself. The thought that life is one big experiment, frees me to experiment, explore and have fun. To forgive myself because I’m in process and it’s all learning and I’ll never be done learning. As Leonard Cohen said, “Everything has a crack in it, that’s how the light gets in.” May I see imperfection in that way in my own life. The brokenness and imperfection is what makes the object even more valuable and beautiful. ![]() I’ve heard it said that in Japanese art when an object like a jar is broken they fill in the cracks with gold. To learn to practice imperfection in all things in life. To be done with perfectionism in all it’s forms. That is one of the keys to life isn’t it? Peter’s research threw the authenticity of 18th-century authorship out the window. Then in 1979 came material, shared with G.S.O.’s Beth K., by Peter T., of Berlin. That conviction went unchallenged for fifteen years. God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. researchers, was concrete evidence-quote, author, date-of the Serenity Prayer’s original source. 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. ![]() To accept the things I cannot change Courage to change the things I can And wisdom to know the difference. To accept and be comfortable in my own skin. In 1951, Neibuhr published a printed version of the Serenity Prayer, including the first written mention of the word ‘grace’ in the poem. The Serenity Prayer Full Version (composed in 1940s) God grant me the serenity. The courage to forgive myself because I’m working on doing better,Īnd the wisdom to know that You already love me just the way I am. ![]() To stop beating myself up for not doing things perfectly, ![]()
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