Versions of the Serenity Affirmation
Serenity Affirmation (non-theological1)
I ask that I might:
* know what things/actions I can control,
* recognise that there are some that I cannot control,
* have the wisdom to know the difference,
* and have to serenity to accept these truths.
Four Archetypes Variant
(This version invokes the four masculine archetypes, and is easily adapted to invoke the feminine archetypes if desired)
I invoke the King within myself, to request:
(Warrior): courage to change the things I can,
(Lover): serenity to accept those I cannot, and
(Magician): wisdom to know the difference.
Self-Assessment
Bearing responsibility to take action
to fix the things you can change, and
having the serenity and courage
to accept those things you cannot change,
applying intellectual responsibility
to distinguish which is which:
rate yourself from 1 to 10 according to
how much your strength(s) in the relevant area(s),
along with your responsibility, action, courage, and acceptance,
place you between the lowest conceivable point (1)
and the highest conceivable point (10) in the range of possibility.
See integrity, priority Matrix.
footnotes
1 : The Serenity Prayer originated in the early 1930s and was written by Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971). The earliest known version is the following: The victorious man in the day of crisis is the man who has the serenity to accept what he cannot help and the courage to change what must be altered..
Winnifred Wygal soon altered this to: Oh, God, give us courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what can not be helped, and insight to know the one from the other.
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