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"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."

— Reinhold Niebuhr, the Serenity Prayer

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Ah, the Serenity Prayer is so confident. No process of trying or stumbling. Never doubting the wisdom you learned. Asking god to grant it, just like that. Well, you can pray.

"And the strength to bury the bodies deeply."

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