This is so beautiful and so appreciated today. I have long been suspicious of formulaic solutions to just about anything. Ironically I am just as fascinated by them. Maybe it is just a longing for it to be that simple. Because, you know I CAN work a formula, by golly. Give me a system and I will throw myself into working it. I am coming to realize though that it isn’t about working the formula, it is about surrender. Working is easier than surrender. Almost anything is easier than surrender. Nothing is more beautiful however.

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