Serenity Prayer Stirs Up Doubt: Who Wrote It?

Serenity Prayer Stirs Up Doubt: Who Wrote It?

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By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

Published: July 11, 2008

Generations of recovering alcoholics, soldiers, weary parents, exploited workers and just about anybody feeling beaten down by life have found solace in a short prayer that begins, “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.”

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Almost everyone is familiar with this prayer. I have heard it used in many places, but never thought about who wrote it. The article makes some suggestions but comes with no definite conclusions. It could be centuries old.

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Your source requires registering. Most won't bother.

As to "where from": AA History

I have my own version of the prayer ......

God, grant me the serentity
To accept the things I can not change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to bury the bodies of those that pissed me off !!

lol

Misfit

Here is the non login NewYork Times link!

Please Click Me! It Won't Hurt!

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Well, it DID hurt ....... it's still a login page !!!

heh

Sorry, everyone. I registered with the NY Times a couple of months ago, so I don't have trouble accessing the links. It doesn't take much time to register and they don't ask any personal questions. Still, I think they're just discouraging readers by doing that.

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Oh it's nothing to do with info, especially when I give no true info to anything that I DO sign up for. It's just one of my idiosyncrasies, I'm not signing up with a news site to get news that will be eveywhere anyway.

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Hmmmm. Well I get the full article and no login form. Don't know what to say buddy!

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Sounds like you are already logged into NYT, and that is just carrying over. Just a thought.

It's no big deal to me, I've heard it all about AA/NA, including the thread a couple years ago in which AA was deemed by a few members as being a cult. Ugh.