Zen and the Serenity Prayer…

…a Mind Map and a Treasure.

Recently I read Margaret Pan’s article on The Most Zen People Have These 4 Things in Common | Curious | Feb, 2021 | Medium](https://readmedium.com/the-most-zen-people-have-these-4-things-in-common-5f13d3c883da).

I so enjoyed her post it inspired me to create a Mind-map to capture it:

Her article made me think of the widely known Serenity Prayer (attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr):

God grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, Wisdom to know the difference.

What is rarely referenced with this prayer is it’s full version (bolded for emphasis):

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.

Dig deeper and sometimes you find more treasure.