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Who wrote this "Prayer for peace of mind"(Serenity Prayer), researchers are still arguing, mentioning both the ancient Incas and Omar Khayyam. The most likely authors are the German theologian Karl Friedrich Etinger and the American pastor, also of German origin, Reinhold Niebuhr.

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

Lord, give me the peace of mind to accept what I cannot change,
courage - to change what I can,
and wisdom is always to distinguish one from the other.

Translation options:

The Lord gave me three wonderful qualities:
Courage to fight where I can make a difference
Patience - accept what I can't handle
and a head on his shoulders - to distinguish one from the other.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​As many memoirists point out, this prayer hung over the desk of US President John F. Kennedy. Since 1940, it has been used by Alcoholics Anonymous, which also contributed to its popularity.

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A frustrated Jew came to the rabbi:

– Rebbe, I have such problems, such problems, I can’t solve them in any way!

“I see a clear contradiction in your words,” the Rebbe said, “The Almighty created each of us and knows what we can do. If these are your problems, you can solve them. If you can't do it, then it's not your problem.

As well as the prayer of the Optina elders

Lord, give me peace of mind to meet everything that the coming day brings me. Let me completely surrender to Your holy will. For every hour of this day, instruct and support me in everything. Whatever news I receive during the day, teach me to accept it with a calm soul and firm conviction that everything is Thy holy will. In all my words and deeds guide my thoughts and feelings. In all unforeseen cases, do not let me forget that everything is sent down by You. Teach me to act directly and reasonably with each member of my family, without embarrassing or upsetting anyone. Lord, give me the strength to endure the fatigue of the coming day and all the events during the day. Guide my will and teach me to pray, believe, hope, endure, forgive and love. Amen.

Meaning

For the first time Etinger Friedrich Christoph said: "Lord, give me the peace to accept what I cannot change, give me the courage to change what I can change, and give me the wisdom to distinguish one from the other." Then Kurt Vonnegut "changed": "Lord, give me the humility to accept what I can not change; the courage to change what I can; and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other." Then this phrase was slightly modified and became the prayer of NA (Narcotics Anonymous): "God! Give me the mind and peace of mind to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other." as was subsequently read by Guf.

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God! Give me the strength to change what can be changed, give me the patience to accept what cannot be changed, and give me the intelligence to tell one from the other.

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God, give me the mind and peace of mind to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other (Prayer for Peace of Mind)
God, give me the intelligence and peace of mind to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other - the so-called Prayer for Peace of Mind.
The author of this prayer, Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (German: Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr; 1892 - 1971) was an American Protestant theologian of German origin.
Reinhold Niebuhr first recorded this prayer in a 1934 sermon. The prayer has gained wide popularity since 1941, when it was used at a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, and soon this prayer was included in the Twelve Steps program, which is used to treat alcoholism and drug addiction.
In 1944, the prayer was included in the prayer book for army priests.
Full text of the prayer in English:
Serenity Prayer
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change 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.

Prayer for Peace of Mind
(Russian translation)
God give me reason and peace of mind
accept what I can't change
the courage to change what I can,
and wisdom to distinguish one from the other
Living each day to the fullest;
Rejoicing in every moment;
Accepting hardship as the path to peace
Accepting like Jesus did
This sinful world is what it is
Not the way I would like to see it
Believing that You will arrange everything in the best way,
If I surrender myself to Your will:
So I can acquire, within reasonable limits, happiness in this life,
And surpassing happiness is with You forever and ever - in the life to come.
Amen.

Give me the courage to change what I can change...
There is a prayer that is considered their own not only by adherents of various faiths, but even by non-believers. In English, it is called Serenity Prayer - "Prayer for peace of mind." Here is one of her options:

"Lord, give me the peace of mind to accept what I cannot change, give me the courage to change what I can change, and give me the wisdom to tell one from the other."

Whoever it was attributed to - Francis of Assisi, and the Optina elders, and the Hasidic Rabbi Abraham Malach, and Kurt Vonnegut.
Why Vonnegut is just clear. In 1970, a translation of his novel Slaughterhouse Five, or the Children's Crusade (1968) appeared in the New World. It mentioned a prayer that hung in the optometry office of Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist of the novel.

“Many patients who saw the prayer on Billy’s wall later told him that she supported them very much. The prayer went like this:
GOD, GIVE ME PEACE TO ACCEPT WHAT I CANNOT CHANGE, COURAGE TO CHANGE WHAT I CAN, AND WISDOM TO ALWAYS DIFFERENT ONE FROM THE OTHER.
The things Billy couldn't change were the past, the present, and the future."
(translated by Rita Wright-Kovaleva).

Since that time, the "Prayer for Peace of Mind" has become our prayer.
It first appeared in print on July 12, 1942, when The New York Times ran a letter from a reader asking where the prayer came from. Only its beginning looked a little different; instead of "give me serenity of mind" - "give me patience." On August 1, another New York Times reader reported that the American Protestant preacher Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) composed the prayer. This version can now be considered proven.

In oral form, the Niebuhr prayer appeared, apparently, in the late 1930s, but became widespread during the Second World War. Then she was adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous.

In Germany, and then in our country, the Niebuhr prayer was attributed to the German theologian Carl Friedrich Oetinger (K.F. Oetinger, 1702–1782). There was a misunderstanding here. The fact is that its translation into German was published in 1951 under the pseudonym "Friedrich Oetinger". This pseudonym belonged to the pastor Theodor Wilhelm; he himself received the text of the prayer from Canadian friends in 1946.

How original is Niebuhr's prayer? I undertake to assert that before Niebuhr she had not met anywhere. The only exception is its beginning. Already Horace wrote:

“It's hard! But it's easier to bear patiently /
What can't be changed"
("Odes", I, 24).

Seneca was of the same opinion:

"It's best to endure
what you can't fix"
("Letters to Lucilius", 108, 9).

In 1934, an article by Juna Purcell Guild "Why Go South?" appeared in one of the American magazines. It said: “Many southerners seem to be doing very little to erase the terrible memory of the Civil War. In both the North and the South, not everyone has the peace of mind to accept what cannot be changed” (serenity to accept what cannot be helped).

The unheard-of popularity of Niebuhr's prayer has led to parodic adaptations of it. The most famous of these is the relatively recent The Office Prayer:

“Lord, give me peace of mind to accept what I cannot change; give me the courage to change what I don't like; and give me the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I kill today, for they got me. And also help me, Lord, to be careful not to step on other people's feet, because there may be asses above them, which I will have to kiss tomorrow.
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Here are a few more "non-canonical" prayers:

“Lord, protect me from the desire to speak always, everywhere and about everything”
- the so-called "Prayer for old age", which is most often attributed to the famous French preacher Francis de Sales (1567-1622), and sometimes Thomas Aquinas (1226-1274). In fact, she appeared not so long ago.

"Lord, save me from the man who never makes a mistake and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice."
This prayer is attributed to the American physician William Mayo (1861–1939).

“Lord, help me find Your truth and save me from those who have already found it!”

“Lord, help me become what my dog ​​thinks I am!” (Author unknown).

In conclusion - the Russian saying of the 17th century: "Lord, have mercy, and give something."