Where did the Serenity Prayer come from? You know, the one that goes, “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to tell the difference.”

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You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory

(The Conversation) — Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr.

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