The Interpersonal Connection

Motivation & Inspiration Let's Talk About It. The Prayer For Serenity, 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. Many folks do not understand the meanings of the Serenity Prayer and of consequence are left in a limbo of constant confusion as they continue to battle the conditions of life. Let us examine this marvelous Prayer of Supplication to the Higher Power, which speaks to all human beings from deep down with in. God. A name and concept of this Higher Power, which most folks erroneously conceive to be outside themselves, separate from and alien to themselves, a "Santa Claus" god which is supposed to fulfill their dreams, their wishes and wants, to "make" the conditions of Life comply with their desire and their idea of "religious correctness". The Big Book of AA, on Page 55, establishes the conditions and locale of our relationship and understanding which we are to acquire of "Our" Higher Power. "We finally saw that faith in God was a part of our make-up, just as much as the feeling we have for a friend. But of a much greater friend, for in fact it is our own self, our own True Self, that portion of localized divinity that He has given to each of His Children. Sometimes we had to search fearlessly, but He was there. He was as much a fact as we were. We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only there that He may be found. It was so with us." We are never separate from God. Separation from God is only an illusion that we have created. It has been said that a Wise Man's education toward understanding his own universe and reality and to some extent yours, will embrace as much folly as he can afford. It is only to the degree that he can afford it, that he will be able to laugh at himself. If he embraces more folly than he can afford, he will cry. Life is achieved by simply putting a whole lot of mistakes together in a way that works.