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If I were perfect, it wonвЂ™t be fun to be myself. ItвЂ™s a hard fact for us all to digest that weвЂ™re not perfect humans. WhatвЂ™s in your controlвЂЉ-вЂЉYour actions and your perception about yourself. WhatвЂ™s not in your controlвЂЉ-вЂЉOtherвЂ™s peopleвЂ™s actions and perceptions about you. I donвЂ™t need an approval certificate from anyone. If I know who I am, I donвЂ™t need to convince anyone. The only things that matter are self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-love, and self-improvement. I donвЂ™t have to agree or disagree or do anything about it. SomeoneвЂ™s opinion of me has nothing to do with me. It wasnвЂ™t the otherвЂ™s judgment about me I was afraid of, but I was afraid of judging myself. Even after being aware of this, it was hard for me to let go of it because childhood programming is hard to change. As you can guess, I developed social anxiety. I would do anything to please others and to make sure they donвЂ™t judge me wrongly. I would try to change peopleвЂ™s perceptions of me all the time. What Other People Think OfВ YouД®ver since I was a kid, I have been self-conscious. Now letвЂ™s see how you can apply the wisdom in your day-to-day life with these practical examples: 1. Three Examples Of The Serenity Prayer In EverydayВ Life

ThatвЂ™s why we remind ourselves of the serenity prayer day after day to become calm and centered again.

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And Wisdom To Know The Difference.ДЇinally, coming back to full circle and being clear about the difference between when to do nothing and when to solve problems. Unjust and unfortunate events happen, but what will you do about them? May you gather the courage to do the right things you need to do regardless of the fear. Sometimes, itвЂ™s just your perceptions, and other times, itвЂ™s your actions and will. If surrender is yin, courage is the yangвЂЉ-вЂЉthe courage to take action on the things you can control. How you think about your problems is up to you. Because the only thing you can do is change your perception about the things you canвЂ™t change. Letting go of everything you canвЂ™t change and accepting it with gratitude are the wisest thing to do. Once youвЂ™ve paused to get clear, the next step is to surrender to what is. We keep banging our heads into the wall, mostly because we try to change the things we canвЂ™t control. When weвЂ™re facing problems in life, we rarely take time to get clear.

That word perfectly suits the serenity prayer. The word вЂњserenityвЂќ comes from the Latin word вЂњserenusвЂќ which translates to вЂњclearвЂќ. Then weвЂ™ll get to the practical application of the Serenity Prayer: God, Grant Me The SerenityвЂ¦ Now letвЂ™s break down the meaning of each phrase of the Serenity Prayer one by one. ThatвЂ™s why itвЂ™s a good idea to use it as a prayer and recite it whenever you need it. You must use this regularly so you can come back to serenity. Reading the Serenity Prayer once is not enough. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.

When so many people give and follow this ancient advice, there must be some wisdom we all can remind ourselves of.

In fact, the essence of the Serenity Prayer is one of the core concepts of Stoicism philosophy. Now, itвЂ™s also called the AA prayer (or the AA Serenity Prayer).ДЄlthough itвЂ™s a prayer to God, like me, you donвЂ™t need to be religious to use the serenity prayer in your life. Since then, it has been widely used in churches and the Alcoholics Anonyms (AA) twelve-step program. Reinhold Niebuhr wrote the Serenity Prayer around 1934. The answer lies in the mighty Serenity Prayer. So how do you escape worrying, anxiety, and fear? And when you finally find some relief, it doesnвЂ™t take long for the default mode network of your brain to bring you back to worrying. When youвЂ™re running on autopilot, youвЂ™re worrying. But before you jump to that conclusion, allow me to explain to you the power of the famous Serenity Prayer.ДЇor most people, worrying is a full-time job. What if I told you that if you remember a 25-word prayer, you can resolve any problem in life? YouвЂ™re probably already skeptical and thinking вЂњwhat bullsh*t?вЂќ.

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