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.
Brian Crane offered a slightly different version in the comic strip Pickles about an elderly couple:
God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway ...
the good fortune to run into the ones I do like ...
and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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