Gratitude Day 5.

Today has been a bit bumpy, some unrest and debate on the home front.

I am grateful that I know it will pass and if these silly things are the biggest challenge I have at the moment, I am incredibly blessed.

Today, I will be grateful that I know better than to sweat the small stuff.

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.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships 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


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