Life with PTSD can be better

Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer goes like this --
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next. Amen.

http://www.allaboutprayer.org/serenity-prayer.htm

"That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him"

We cannot stop all wars although we wish we could.
We cannot stop all soldiers from dying, but we can do our best to make sure they have all they need including the best reason to do it, the best plan to carry it out and the best goal to reach as soon as possible so that we save more lives than we lose.
We cannot heal all wounds nor can we replace limbs but we can make sure the wounded are treated with the best medical care as fast as possible.
We cannot restore sight to the blind but we can provide them with what they need to live lives as close to what they had before as possible.
We cannot erase all burn tissue but we can try to.
We cannot prevent all veterans from going homeless but we can make sure there are a lot fewer who do end up with no place to sleep.
We cannot prevent every suicide but we can make sure there are fewer of them.
We cannot prevent every attempted suicide but we can give them fewer reasons to want to try to end their lives.
We cannot stop every family from falling apart but we can reduce the numbers of families feeling so hopeless they cannot find reasons to try to work things out.
We cannot prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder but we can heal it. No, not cure it, but heal it.

Above all we cannot heal their souls unless we search our own once and for all to try all we can do to really honor the lives they were willing to risk for us.

O God and Heavenly Father,
Grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed;courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom to know the one from the other, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer

We can make their lives better but first we need to know what it is so that we can stop blaming them and start helping them.

This video is about what needs to be changed.

Wounded and Waiting

Posted to Great Americans by NamGuardianAngel on September 14, 2009

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