Thursday, October 3, 2013

18. To Do or Not To Do?


We sometimes struggle to cope with the situation. It dawns on us much later that we could have changed the situation to our advantage if only we had tried. But when we were facing the situation, such a possibility was not in the realm of our thought process.

There are other times when we spend all our energy in trying to change something. It is after wasting a lot of time, energy and other resources that we realize that there is no way we could change the situation. The best course would have been to have accepted the situation and managed to cope.

Some people seem to have an admirable capacity to know when they should try to change things to suit them and when they should change themselves to suit the occasion.

How can we develop such a capacity - the knowledge, the wisdom and the judgement to decide what to change and what not to change?

I think the only way to develop this faculty is to pray to God to guide you properly in each situation.

I find the following to be the best prayer anyone should resort to.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.                                    - Reinhold Niebuhr

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