Sunday, September 12, 2010

Boethius - Song VI. -- All Things Have Their Needful Order

For to each thing God hath given
 Its appointed time;
No perplexing change permits He
 In His plan sublime.
So who quits the order due
Shall a luckless issue rue.

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From "The Consolation of Philosophy"
This is the seed of the AA Serenity Prayer

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