The Little Things You Tell Yourself To Get You Through (A/The) Rough Spot

Dance-with-me · 11-01-2012, 10:32 PM

Getting me through today - hitting a raccoon which tore up the front end of my car, for which I now have a $500 deductible at a time that's very tough for me financially, and while I'm in the middle of one of the most stressful times of my life overall:

Grant me
the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

That gets me through pretty much every day these days.

Can I change what happened? No.
Can I change the outcome? No.
Can I accept that it is what it is without falling into the Pit of Despair? Yes.
Can I look, with a head that isn't overwhelmed with stress and depression, at what I might be able to do to help get through this difficult time? Yes.

11-01-2012, 10:32 PM	#3
Dance-with-me Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: earth Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 264 Thanked 1,926 Times in 378 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Getting me through today - hitting a raccoon which tore up the front end of my car, for which I now have a $500 deductible at a time that's very tough for me financially, and while I'm in the middle of one of the most stressful times of my life overall: Grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. That gets me through pretty much every day these days. Can I change what happened? No. Can I change the outcome? No. Can I accept that it is what it is without falling into the Pit of Despair? Yes. Can I look, with a head that isn't overwhelmed with stress and depression, at what I might be able to do to help get through this difficult time? Yes. __________________ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~Mahatma Gandhi