When all around me is getting too stressful I try to remember this post from one of my favorite migraine blogs.
Migraine and the Serenity Prayer.
The Prayer is: “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.” It already had special significance for me as it had been on the Christening gift for one of my sons and I found it particularly moving at the time, but it had rather slipped from my memory, as things do with time
It was brought back to me in timely fashion by the Free my Brain From Migraine post above in the summer of 2008, a day or so after discovering that my long awaited holiday had been canceled, by the organizers, without bothering to tell us – and without returning the money for the tickets we’d already bought.
If ever there were circumstances designed to provoke a stress migraine these were they, but thanks to this uplifting and well-timed post, I escaped and although we couldn’t change the fact that the holiday had been canceled, we could change the venue. My lovely friends who were going with me, rushed about and made alternative arrangements for a few days together at another venue. We had a great time, and despite a scandalously wicked plate of chocolate deserts I remained migraine free.
The ticket money was never returned, so that and the hotel deposits were a total loss – but these problems are minor on the scale of other people’s problems.
Just a few days ago I emailed John, a long-time friend who was the first to introduce me to the benefits of complementary therapy and who actually changed my life-path by inspiring my career change. I was devastated to receive a return email saying that he had passed away.
John co-authored my migraine ebook putting in enormous amounts of work solely in return for a link to his online business Chlorella World. His generous and extensive contribution included the section on migraine and prayer. He was a devout Christian and one of the kindest, most hard-working and genuine people I have ever had the privilege of meeting. He is an example to everyone that hard work can pay off as shown by the success of his online business. Chlorella World has now been taken over by Daniel Bruce who has pledged to uphold the same business standards and ethics that John worked to, and having placed my first order under Daniel’s stewardship, he’s living up to his promise.
This post is a tribute to the memory of my dear friend and mentor. I’m confident that he would be pleased to be linked with the lovely Serenity Prayer as another way to cope with the stresses and strains of everyday life that can sometimes get on top of any of us, bringing on another migraine.
I hope you’ll find it helpful in your life.
