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Overcoming depression one thought at a time

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Stefan de Villiers
Feb 03, 2024
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A sculpture carved in white stone of a seated nude man. He looks pensive, his back bowed and his head supported on his hand. The sculpture is dissolving to the right in a spray of pixelated white blocks.

PRAYER FOR SERENITY

Attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr, Lutheran theologian (1892–1971)

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.

When I was a child, I often felt sad. I would lie in bed, lights off, hugging my stuffed platypus, feeling shame over my misery. I b…

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