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.
The apostle Paul wrote: “ I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living with every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.” For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need. ( Philippians 4:11-13 )
Serenity is having an inner calm in the midst of ups and down of life.
It involves learning to be content with the things in our life that cannot be changed.
We must begin by turning our eyes away from everyone around us, including
those we blame for our condition in life or
those we condemn to make our wrongs seem less in comparison.
Then we can get back to looking within our self.
I can either be
very angry at what I don’t have
Or
be happy with what I have
I have a choice
Dear diary,
Feeling muscle ache and Pain was terrible last night, it triggered all the automatic thoughts in me to act out.
I had to tell myself not to give in to the urge to gamble, drink or have *** with someone who doesn’t want to do it. I turn to watching movie online, the movie finished after 1.5 hours and the urge was still there, my last resort was to go out for a jog if it got any worst. I struggled… … all because I was not getting all the things I wanted, It may be late but I still wish to do all the familiar things, I need a relief for my lousy feeling and the muscle aches on my back, butt and legs make it worst tonight. I was angry, it was terrible, no one want this. The right thing to do was to go to sleep but I could not and struggle until I fall asleep.
Today I woke up feeling grateful another day has passed, grateful last night ended safely, glad taking baby steps forward one day at a time helps.
