<P> The 8th - century Indian Buddhist scholar Shantideva of the ancient Nalanda University suggested: </P> <Dl> <Dd> If there's a remedy when trouble strikes, </Dd> <Dd> What reason is there for dejection? </Dd> <Dd> And if there is no help for it, </Dd> <Dd> What use is there in being glum? </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> If there's a remedy when trouble strikes, </Dd> <Dd> What reason is there for dejection? </Dd>

Dear god please give me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change