Mr Brooks Opening - Serenity prayer 

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change...
courage to change the things that I can...
and wisdom to know the difference...
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right, If I surrender to His will,
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.