Billy had a framed prayer on his office wall which expressed his
method for keeping going, even though he was unenthusiastic about living.
A lot of patients who saw the prayer on Billy's wall told him it helped
them
to keep going, too. It went like this:
GOD GRANT ME
THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT
THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE,
COURAGE
TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN,
AND WISDOM ALWAYS
TO TELL THE
DIFFERENCE.
Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present,
and the future.
