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I'm a straight, virgo/boar INTJ (age 53) who enjoys books, getting out into nature, music, and daily exercise.

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Here's a quote from Fyodor Dostoevsky to start things off right: Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Serenity Prayer

What, exactly, cannot be changed?

Anyway, here's the prayer (which you may be familiar with):

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.

Serenity, courage, and wisdom. Good stuff.
Except, how does God grant these things to himself?

Well, maybe the thing about God is he believes he can change just about anything.
Plus, he feels no fear.
And he's not about to start walking on the ocean or attempting to leap tall buildings...

I seem to recall that all progress is made by unreasonable men.
Plus, God is love and love is the most powerful force in the universe, they say.
Apparently, I'm messing with powers I cannot possibly comprehend, lol.
Why not.

Oh, here's the quote: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” -that's by George Bernard Shaw

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