Able to Change

 When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~ Victor Frankl

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.
There are people who change the last phrase
of the prayer to say for the last line
to “and wisdom to know, that’s me.”
We have a choice in all situations
to act in one of two manners.
We can react with love
Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your mind
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’*
There are people who would say
the opposite of love is hate
but a large group of people
believe it is fear. We always
have the opportunity to choose
love and not the opposite.
When we are no longer able
to change a situation,
we are challenged
to change ourselves.
That means choosing love.

*Mark 12:30-32