<p>Father, give me</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/en/change%20what%20must%20be%20changed">change what must be changed</a> <a href="/en/courage">courage</a>,</li>
<li>Accept <a href="/en/tranquility">tranquility</a> what you can&#39;t help,</li>
<li>Then give them <a href="/en/insight">insight</a> to distinguish them.</li>
</ul>
<p>Common name for an initially untitled prayer attributed to the American theologian <a href="/en/Reinhold%20Niebuhr.">Reinhold Niebuhr.</a> (1892-1971).</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AE%E7%A5%88%E3%82%8A">Niebuhr prayer - Wikipedia</a></li>
<li>Original is a little longer.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="/en/serenity">serenity</a>:  <a href="/en/peaceful">peaceful</a> 、 <a href="/en/peace%20(esp.%20public%20peace)">peace (esp. public peace)</a> 、 <a href="/en/spiritual%20restoration">spiritual restoration</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/en/serenity%20player">serenity player</a>, <a href="/en/prayer%20for%20peace">prayer for peace</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>courage</h3>
<p> to change what must be altered,</p>
<h3>serenity</h3>
<p> to accept what cannot be helped,
and the ### insight
 to know the one from the other.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/en/be%20able%20to%20change">be able to change</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/I%20can't%20change%20it.">I can&#39;t change it.</a></li>
</ul>
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Niebuhr's Prayer

courage

serenity