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Painful Experiences- “Lord’s Serenity Prayer”
by meditative - March 18th, 2011.Filed under: Insights for Mindful Intelligence.
Adapted from an excerpt in “Living Well with Chronic Pain” ~ Vidyamala Burch
This Christian serenity prayer provides an insightful perspective on our freedom to choose how we accept and respond to our life’s painful situations as they arise- and for some of us how they may endure...
“Lord give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (e.g. pain & suffering),
the courage to change the things I can (e.g. my reaction to pain & suffering),
and the wisdom (e.g. awareness & discernment) to know the difference.
What we resist, avert, or avoid in life ultimately becomes more aggravating than if we had embraced it initially with openness and care.