TODAY'S TOUCHSTONE

Published: Sun, 12/10/17

TODAY'S TOUCHSTONE

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.” 

      ~ Steve Maraboli

This is the last day of the Steve Maraboli fest. If you've been receiving my Today's Twelve Gifts Touchstones for some time, you may have noticed that I occasionally write a string of quotes from one author, philosopher, poet, playwright, theologian, actor, comedienne, athlete...anyone who offers us inspiring words to reflect upon and live by.

This last Maraboli quote sounds a bit like the well-known Serenity Prayer, which offers wisdom and guidance for all. There are many versions of it. The most well-known one 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.*
Amen,
Charlene

PS - Forms of this prayer have been attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas More, Cicero, Augustine, St. Francis of Assisi, Marcus Aurelius and others. This version is credited to Reinhold Niebuhr and associated with 12 Step Programs. 

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WISDOM: May you hear its soft voice.                  
                 from The Twelve Gifts of Birth

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Charlene Costanzo is the author of  The Twelve Gifts series of books:
The Twelve Gifts of Birth
The Twelve Gifts for Healing
The Twelve Gifts in Marriage
The Thirteenth Gift 
Touchstones: Stories for Living The Twelve Gifts 

December 10, 2017

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