Whenever I find myself under acute tensions, I lengthen my daily walks and slowly repeat our Serenity Prayer in rhythm to my steps and breathing.
If I feel that my pain has in part been occasioned by others, I try to repeat, "God grant me the serenity to love their best, and never fear their worst."
This benign healing process of repitition, sometimes necessary to persist with for days, has seldomfailed to restore me to at least a workable emotional balance and perspective.
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GRAPEVINE, MARCH 1962