Serenity Prayer


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.

I find myself especially frustrated today that I am not able to make things better for people I care about. Little things are exacerbating my frustration, stupid things. I am as they say "over it" when it comes to the noise here at the condo. I am happy for the people getting things done to improve their homes and for the things being done to the building HOWEVER Monday through Friday week after week, month after month the noise gets to me sometime and today is one of those days.  It is such a little thing which makes me impatient with myself because meanwhile David is working 14 to 17 hours a day trying to breathe life into a company that is on a downward slide. Christina's cousin went into the hospital for anxiety and now weeks later is trying to have a recovery from a stroke that may have happened when she slipped and fell trying to leave her bed and go to the bathroom. A loved one is battling breathing problems.  It makes me sad that all the members of my family don't communicate. It is so easy for people to use the words "I forgive" and "I love you" but just being nice to each other and kind seems so difficult.

I am a lady who is truly blessed and knows it.  I am grateful for my life. I need to realize that I can't control some things and remember that praying for the people I wish I could help is an important thing. That I am healthy and able to leave the condo when the noise gets too much. I went to a bible study with my daughter Shelia and expressed a wish that I have had for many years that eludes me. I was reminded that it may come true just maybe not in my lifetime.  In other words; 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.

I am a work in progress.