Reinhold Niebuhr wrote the first known version of the Serenity Prayer, and it's been through a few revisions just by popular word of mouth or even literal Hallmark greeting cards, but the version they say at AA meetings is:

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.

The basic principle can be decoupled from the religious origins and still be a useful approach to life. Learn not to stress about the things not in your control, while still taking control of the influence you do have.

[–] Lyrac@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You can control things, just not everything.

[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Well yea. My point is, there is very little you have "no control" over; and "things I can influence" is where stress comes from