Have y'all heard of "The Serenity Prayer"? It's used in a lot of 12 step-type

[NC_Nurse]

programs. I just wanted to throw it out there for anyone whose tense about tonight's outcome:

God (or insert whatever you like), 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.

I personally, find this prayer mind-clearing when I get overly invested in outcomes I cannot control.

Good luck to both sides tonight! :toast:

Remember, we're really all on the same side....I hope. ;-)

[stratomagi]

1. When I clicked on this thread

I was thinking it was a prayer to get the show Firefly back on the air or have a sequel to the Serenity movie, I totally forgot which forum I was in. :)

Me being the atheist I would have to insert my own name:

Dan, 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.

:evilgrin:

[NC_Nurse]

2. Sounds good to me. Serenity is a great thing to give yourself!

I am into BSG. Haven't watched Firefly, although people seem pretty rabid about it. Can you get it on DVD?

I'm not religious either, BTW. I put "Divine Source" in that spot. I am a deist, I believe in a divine presence, but I
don't think the religions of humanity can claim any knowledge of it.

[stratomagi]

5. Yeah its on DVD.

Have you been following the 4th season of BSG? What do you think so far?

[NC_Nurse]

8. AWESOME!!!

I'm loving every minute. I have watched the first 3 seasons PLENTY, believe me.
I can't wait to pick this one over with a fine tooth comb! :D

[stratomagi]

15. According to Edward James Olmos

its going to end pretty ugly. I'm imagining the cylons and humans annihilating each other as they reach a prehistoric earth.

[NC_Nurse]

19. Yikes! I had already postulated that the Cylons would have a similar rebellion

among the "toasters" and raiders which would mean that things had come full circle for them. That
appears to be happening. I also had some theories about Starbuck being the first Cylon-human hybrid
because you never see her father and his music is always playing on the Cylon base station. But I still
haven't narrowed down who the 12th Cylon is - Gaius? Dee? Felix? Adama? Who knows?

[stratomagi]

20. I think the director ruled out Adama and Gaius as well as Starbuck

the interesting thing is on their site on www.scifi.com the image of the last supper with the cast in it shows a Number 7 in the position of Jesus, not Gaius who appears to be taking on that type of roll in the series.

[NC_Nurse]

21. Oh yeah...my husband has that as his screen saver. I'll have to study it again.

Sadly, he's an even bigger BSG geek than I. He's spent quite a bit of time on BSG watercooler.

:silly:

[NC_Nurse]

22. I've not read everything on the show. Thus, I can make up my own little plot

lines. :D

[peace13]

4. It could work! n/t

[msedano]

3. Deteriorata

is what I thought you referred...

Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
Rotate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself
and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss... and when.
. . . .
Therefore, make peace with your god,
whatever you conceive him to be:
hairy thunderer or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
the world continues to deteriorate.

Give up

for the whole thing, go to http://www.lyricsdownload.com/national-lampoon-deteriorata-by-national-lampoon-1972-lyrics.html

(c) 1972 Visa Records
performed by Norman Rose
written by Tony Hendra
music by Christopher Guest

[NC_Nurse]

6. Well, that one is a bit more of a downer...

although beautifully written. :)

[ecstatic]

7. Thanks. I vowed not to log on until tomorrow... yet here I am (sigh) nt

[NC_Nurse]

10. This place is thoroughly addictive, if also thoroughly frustrating at times...

We need our own 12 step program. :P

[DevonRex]

13. I keep making the same vow. And then when I break it, I

start vowing that I'll log off at 9:00 a.m. Then 10:00 a.m. Then 11:00 a.m.

I seem to be powerless over DU.

[NC_Nurse]

17. Ha! Politics is so addicting, that and I LOVE a lost cause, don't you?

:D

[DevonRex]

9. I love that prayer, especially since I come from a long, long

line of folks who have said it to overcome their alcoholism. Now if it could just help me stop being a closet smoker...

[NC_Nurse]

11. You and me both. Al-Anon was my rock for many years. Good luck with

quitting smoking! Almost all of the ex-drunks I know say that quitting cigs was MUCH harder!

[DevonRex]

16. A friend was in rehab not too long ago. A heroin user who spoke

there told the group that quitting cigarettes was even more difficult than quitting that.

At this point, making cigarettes illegal might be the only way I can quit.

[NC_Nurse]

18. Have you tried hypnosis? Sounds silly, I know, but folks swear by it.

Whatever you do, please keep trying. :hug:

I don't want to hear that you're sucking oxygen off a tank 20 years from now....still smoking....:(

[backscatter712]

12. I prefer this version...

:evilgrin:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to bury the bodies of those that piss me off.

[NC_Nurse]

14. LOL!

Nice! :rofl:

[crankychatter]

23. (or insert whatever you like)

1. I identify what I can do about a problem, then I do it or I don't.

2. If I don't, then NO WHINING IS ALLOWED.

3. If I do, and the outcome is still not what I want, then the
responsibility is not mine and whining is STILL NOT ALLOWED.

4. If I do what I can, and achieve what I hope for; I often find out that my
wisdom was questionable, and maybe I should've stayed home.

Did I mention that no whining is allowed?

Chanting or ranting, if you want to know who the players are, you've got
to have a program.

When I insert whatever I like, everybody suffers.

Is there a 12 Step Program for Political Junkies?

I missed the OJ trial, so this train wreck of a Primary is my penance.

[NC_Nurse]

24. I LOVE to whine...as long as it's not SERIOUS!

If you don't feel sorry for yourself, who will? :P

Just needs to be time-limited. I prefer letting myself moan and groan a little compared to filibustering myself.
But that's just me. Besides, I'm a creative whiner. Never boring. ;)

[crankychatter]

25. I spent 35 years having a tantrum in front of the candy counter of life

"When I get what I need, I invariably find, it was what I wanted all along."
anonymous

"A wise man knows what he cannot know" Lao Tzu

I can't know a whole lot... that's all I know.

[NC_Nurse]

28. Sounds like a bummer, for sure. Time limiting is the way to go - like

15 minutes or so. I get bored with myself pretty easily, that helps. :)

[Rainbowreflect]

26. I am wearing my bracelet with that prayer today.

I wear it a lot, but right now my mother-in-law is in the hospital and I need it even more when under stress.

[NC_Nurse]

27. I'm so sorry. I'll be thinking of her. And you.

:hug:

I like this one too:

The light of God surrounds me
The love of God enfolds me
Wherever I am, God is