Worried

I’m not having much fun right now.

I know that worry is all but worthless in a practical sense, but as comparatively easily as I can now jettison it over quotidian nonsense, I’ve got a lot of it tonight that won’t go away.

Heaven forbid I have to pee in the middle of the night right now.  Awake is bad.  The harder I try not to think about things, the more vigorously I do.

I hope to be able to blog about one component of it late this week.  The other is more delicate and has been a lot more difficult for me to give to God, though my efforts continue.  In no possible interpretation of either situation am I directly responsible for anything that has happened, and I’m trying hard to remember that.

I had only ever heard the motivational poster version of the serenity prayer.  I found a longer version a little while ago.  I like it:

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

- Author unknown

Be Sociable, Share!

• 

Possibly related posts (automatically generated):

1. I’m 40 I hope that means that I’m about halfway through my life, as opposed to two-thirds.  That feels like a reasonable guess as to the difference...
2. Safety first We don’t even like to think about all of the nasty things that could happen to a little angel even when doing something as seemingly...
3. Thursday miscellanea #74 Today is the 31st anniversary of the “Islamic Revolution” in Iran.  It’s also probably the least stable the regime has been since then.  Hope for...
4. A splash of somniloquy According to a well-placed source, here are five things I have said in my sleep: “You know those people who took care of that thing...
5. Church As much history as we have, and despite both of us growing up in practicing Christian homes, the very first time Lea and I sat...