"Just For Today"

In Father Tom's sermon today, he talked about the times when it seems that everything is going wrong. I know about those times.  I think we all do.  The times when you just have to throw up your hands and laugh, because otherwise you may crumple to the floor and cry.  Although, there are times when crumpling and crying is just what you need to get it all out and move on.  The thing that really resonated with me in his sermon is the prayer he said he uses at these times - "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.  Just for today."  Just for today - those three words change so much.  I love the Serenity Prayer; it's simple and to the point, but it's also broad in it's scope.  Saying "just for today" brings it down to a manageable size and makes it seem doable.  I used to worry a lot more about the future than I do now.  I think the experience of age teaches you that very few things in life are as catastrophic as they seem to be when you're young.  But I still have to work at it;  I still have to remind myself that God is with me no matter what happens in my life.  And one of the ways I will remind myself from now on is to add those three words to my prayers.  Today, I found God in the words Father Tom so wisely added to a wonderful prayer, "Just for today."