Shadow, I hope you don't mind me posting this here, but reading that put one thing in my mind through the whole post, and I can't let go of it... I gather in a circle hand in hand every few days every week ending our meeting with this prayer, and I believe it fits here too.

"God, grant me the serenity to except the things I can not change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference... Just for today. Amen."