Thursday, May 21, 2009

TRAITS TO PRAY FOR

All of this was looked up on Wordnet search 3.0

SERENITY

(n) repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility (a disposition free from stress or emotion)
(n) peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis (the absence of mental stress or anxiety)

ACCEPT
(v) accept, live with, swallow (tolerate or accommodate oneself to) "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"

COURAGE
(n) courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)

WISDOM
(n) wisdom, wiseness (the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight)
(n) wisdom, sapience (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)
(n) wisdom, wiseness, soundness (the quality of being prudent and sensible)

All of this was inspired by the prayer for Serenity.

God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference
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