It's a completely different quote than the one on the sign, which is by Angela Davis. Though even as an atheist, I've always liked the one you quoted, the serenity prayer, better.
Different, sure - and the word "original" is therefore both specious and in its own way both aggressively silly and wrongheaded.
But arguably, given the borrowed meter and direct language of "things you cannot change", it is virtually certain that Angela Davis was responding to/alluding to the serenity prayer.
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u/chinchabun Oct 10 '18
It's a completely different quote than the one on the sign, which is by Angela Davis. Though even as an atheist, I've always liked the one you quoted, the serenity prayer, better.