String Of Pearls 112
Comments on “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.”
-I do not have an acceptance switch I can flip when I am struggling. For me, meetings, my sponsor, and phone calls are the tools that most often restore my serenity
-Serenity is never thought up or worked up. It is always granted by my Higher Power as a gift.
-Among the things I need to accept is my own acceptance by my Higher Power and by those I love.
-Acceptance is not a commandant of my program. Instead, it is a very wise and kind suggestion. It is not anything to fear, it is a wonder to anticipate.
-If God can use the murder of Her innocent son Jesus, to bring salvation to the entire world, She can certainly make any unhappiness I surrender to Her, work to my great advantage.
-Among the things I can not change and therefore must accept, are my character defects. When the gift of serenity allows me to accept my defects, I become quiet enough to hear Spirit whisper the life giving truth in my deep ear. Only then can I receive the healing I so desperately want.
-Serenity allows me to believe that I am making progress when my disease is trying to make me feel stuck.
-Before program, I didn’t even know enough about serenity, to realize I didn’t have it.
-I was surprised to find out that serenity would allow my life to overflow with powerful, exhilarating passion.
-The price I pay for insisting on my right to hang onto my resentments is the loss of the possibility of serenity.