When Barb Rogers first heard this prayer a quarter of a century ago, she could scarcely credit it and hadn't the ears to believe it. These Twenty-five words are the bedrock of the worldwide Alcoholics Anonymous movement, a movement that has saved and improved millions of lives. Seller Inventory # 9781590030721īook Description Paperback. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Rogers takes a new look at the prayer that has changed, even saved, millions of lives, including her own. Sure there are reasons for our behaviors, addictions and bad choices-but reasons don' t change anything. Sure there were reasons, but reasons didn't change anything: the Serenity Prayer did.
Barb Rogers' own story starts in the depths of alcoholism, with deceased children, broken marriages, lost jobs. And the real trick, the one that comes from years of saying the prayer and letting its healing principles sink in, is knowing the difference. Then there are some things we can change, and we should probably take a look at those as well. We shouldn't whine or scream or go off on a tear. There are some things we should accept, period. As in, Why is God doing all these things to meee? Why doesn't God understand that I know what's best for mee and do what I ask him to? Why are other people doing all these things to mee? Well as it turns out, it's not all about "mee." Rogers tells her story and invites readers to take a tough, loving look at their own. It all begins with "meee, meee, meee," she writes. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. See also our version of it: Serenity, courage & wisdom.These Twenty-five words are the bedrock of the worldwide Alcoholics Anonymous movement, a movement that has saved and improved millions of lives. See also our version of it: A mindful, proactive quest for serenity, courage & wisdom. See also our version of it: Courage, Serenity & Wisdom. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can,
He wrote what came to be known as the Serenity Prayer for a sermon, and used it in a variety of forms, including a longer-form poem. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a very infuential American theologian.
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