"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.“


-Reinhold Niebuhr

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

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