From: John Eckman <jeckman_at_molecular.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:29:43 -0500

It's known in the US as the "serenity prayer":

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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From: owner-rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:owner-rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of [IDC]Dragon
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 7:06 PM
To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
Subject: Re: (was Re: BUGS - ARGH)


> btw: does anybody have exact english translation for the following saying?
> it is not really related to this "flaming" but since i
> heard this sentence, it changed my mind somehow - and i actually like it
> very much: Lieber Gott, gib mir die Kraft, zu ändern, was
> ich ändern kann, laß mich ertragen, was ich nicht ändern kann und gib mir
> die Weisheit, das eine vom anderen zu unterscheiden.

I try:

Dear Lord,
give me stength to change what I can change,
let me endure what I can't change
and give me wisdom to tell the one from the other.

Jörg

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Received on 2003-12-18