my thought are fragmented, so they grow in number filling my head with wreckage of the future
I know I cannot control the future, yet my fear of the unknown makes me obsess about things that might or might not happen. I am grateful I have prayer to help me "let go and let God"
Sometimes simply putting my fears out on paper, and literally getting it out of my head helps. then I ask a loving Power that's not me remove it, and ask what it would have me be.
A loving God does not want me be locked inside of myself with fears about things I cannot control.
"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. Thy will not mine be done. Amen."
Serenity prayer at the end is usually attributed to be written by Reinhold Neihbur. Some say the prayer has been around lot longer.