Weather

"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 hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is and not as I would have it. Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will, so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen"
Reinhold Niebuhr

What I find most interesting about this prayer/poem is the line that asks to be reasonably happy in this life. Don't we constantly seek happiness? To some degree, isn't that what we have aligned our lives out to seek? The jobs we like, the car we like, the people and places and things we like...all of these things are chosen due to their ability to please us-to make us happy. So what interests me is that this Niebuhr person (bio to follow because now I'm curious) desires to be reasonably happy. Not my sentiments...I want supreme happiness at all times of the day and in every way--and his statement makes me wonder.

What stands out to you?

(Other than than Seinfeld episode, "SERENITY NOW!")

Lockin and Loadin

Ever get into a mode? An "I mean business", "My way or the highway", "Power-punch" mode?


I'm in it.



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