The
Serenity Prayer is the common name for a
prayer authored by the American theologian
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). It has been adopted by
Alcoholics Anonymous and other
twelve-step programs. The best-known form is:
- God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
- The courage to change the things I can,
- And the wisdom to know the difference.