當代著名的美國神學家－尼布爾－所寫的祈禱文

上帝，

請賜給 我們胸襟和雅量，
讓我們平心靜氣地去接受不可改變的事情；

請賜給我們勇氣，
去改變可以改變的事情；

請賜給我們智慧，
去區分什麼是可以改變的，什麼是不可以改變的。

 

God,
give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,
courage to change the things which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

 

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace

 

Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it,

Trusting that You will make all things right, if I surrender to Your will,

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.

~Reinhold Niebuhr 1942

 

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之後， John G. Miller 改變了這句禱詞：
願上帝賜我平靜，接受我無法改變的人；
願上帝賜我勇氣，改變我能改變的人；
願上帝賜我智慧，瞭解那人就是我。
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