To accept. To understand I have enough.
To grasp the concept I have no unmet needs.
To trust that sufficient grace will come my way,
and to know that today’s troubles are sufficient
to the day, need not be supplemented with those past
nor for those that might come to be borrowed.
Grant me the serenity to accept who he is,
what she believes, how they live and to know
it’s none of my business. God, let me become
someone who allows others to help,
who surrenders the idea of always giving,
never receiving unless something equal…
no, greater…has been given in return.
Grant me the ability to accept life,
to welcome what I’ve learned to believe
I could never deserve, to embrace benefits,
to claim my failures when they should be,
my successes just as willingly, friendship offered,
love bestowed, and serenity.