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God, Grant me the Serenity to accept things
I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship 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.
/Reinhold Niebuhr, protestantski teolog/
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A prijevod ove molitve:
Bože, podari mi spokoj da prihvatim stvari
koje ne mogu promijeniti,
hrabrost da promijenim one koje mogu
i mudrost da raspoznam razliku.
Da živim dan za danom,
uživam u svakom trenutku,
prihvaćam teškoće kao put do mira.
Da prihvaćam, poput Njega,
ovaj grešni svijet kakav je,
a ne kakvim bih ja htio.
Da vjerujem da će On učiniti sve stvari ispravnim
ako se predam Njegovoj volji.
Da mogu biti razumno sretan u ovome životu
i krajnje sretan s Njim u slijedećem.
Amen.
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