From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 17:08:30 -0800 (PST)
To: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Slaughter
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19961222165943.006b21a8@netcom13.netcom.com>
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At 10:12 AM 12/22/96 -0800, Dale Thorn wrote:
>Carl Johnson wrote:
>> Dale Thorn wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I love the quote but can't find it or it's source.  Perhaps I
>> can put it all together in bits and pieces.
>
>As long as we're getting closer on that one, I thought I'd add my own
>twist on another famous (but obnoxious) quote:
>
>The standard version:
>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.  (quote not necessarily exact).
>
>My version:
>God grant me the wisdom to know the difference between right and wrong;
>The courage to support those who I feel are doing the right things,
> and to oppose those who are doing the wrong things;
>And the serenity to do so as peacefully as possible.

Another, increasingly popular, variety of the AA "prayer" is:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things I can;
And the firepower that makes the difference.



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