The Senility Prayer
October 2, 2007
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Posted by Ray Fowler
I am sure many of you are familiar with The Serenity Prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr:
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.
Now Ben Witherington presents The Senility Prayer “for folks over 50 who are cranky”:
Grant me the senility
to forget the people I never liked anyway;
the good fortune to run into the ones I do;
and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Witherington also has a great story about prayer in the same article. “A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island . . . .”
Categories: Fun, Prayer, Seniors
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