Abreviated version

God,

Grant me the serenity;

To accept the Woman I cannot change;

The courage, to change the man I can;

And the wisdom, to know it is me.

Full version

God,

Grant me the serenity;

To accept the Woman I cannot change;

The courage, to change the man I can;

And the wisdom, to know it is me.

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;

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life

And supremely happy with Him

Forever and ever in the next.

Amen

Commonly accepted version From Reinhold Niebuhr

(c) Tuchy Palmieri 4/27/10

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