Patrick's courage to change the things he could became his strength and serenity.
Americans cannot change the things that need to be changed if people hear only one point of view.
Some people want to try to change the things around them, but sometimes they are wrong and make mistakes.
Princeton hasn't had a losing season since 1984-85, and Thompson has no plans to change the things that have made the Tigers successful.
And, with that understanding – with that acceptance – to quote from the Serenity Prayer, "to accept the things I cannot change, and the courage to change the things I can" – I, too, started to change.
Inside, Boehner opened the meeting with a prayer made famous by Alcoholics Anonymous: "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".
He said he fell back on the philosophy of the Serenity Prayer from his Christian upbringing, to change the things he could, accept the things he could not and have the wisdom to know the difference.
Since it is our environment that is causing us to feel inferior, it is our environment that we must change: "The things we're doing with our lives, the people we're sharing it with, the goals we have.
"I can't change the things he did.
We should be entitled to change the things that we no longer agree with".
Stretch mode is when you empower and encourage to change the things you can.
