宁静的祷告文Serenity Prayer
“神啊，求你赐给我平静的心，
去接受我无法改变的事；
赐给我勇气去做我能改变的事；
赐给我智慧，去分辨两者的不同。
不为明天忧虑，享受每一个时刻，
把苦难视为通往和平的必经之路，
效法耶稣一样，照着他所行的，
看清这个罪恶世界的真相，
而不是以自己的角度来看世界。
只要我降服在神的旨意下，
相信神必使万物变为美好，
好让我今世可以快乐的生活，
也在永世与你在一起时，有极大的快乐。”
– 1934 尼布尔(Reinhold Niebuhr 1892—1971他的人类学被认为是20世纪基督教神学对人类学的最大贡献)
Serenity Prayer
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things that I can
And wisdom to know the difference
Living one day at a time and enjoying one moment at a time
accepting hardships as the pathway to peace
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will
that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next
Amen” – 1934, Reinhold Niebuhr (1892—1971)