I’m not sure when I first encountered the Serenity Prayer, or when it first occurred to me to ask who wrote it. For much of ...

The prayer was the Serenity Prayer, commonly quoted as follows: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the ...

The Serenity Prayer is meant to help you learn to let go, accept the things you cannot change, and find wisdom through the process.

Elisabeth Sifton is the daughter of American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, who wrote the Serenity Prayer. The prayer appeals for grace, courage and wisdom. It has become a mantra of Alcoholics ...

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.

Who wrote the Serenity Prayer? Was it St. Augustine, or someone else?

We need the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The serenity prayer starts with a reality check, "grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change," forcing us to accept that some things are simply out of our hands.

(The Conversation) — Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr.