Close up of head of Christ and Serenity Prayer tattoo in memory for his father.
The Serenity Prayer has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. The best-known form is:
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.
Body art or tattoos has entered the mainstream it is no longer considered a weird kind of subculture.
"According to a 2006 Pew survey, 40% of Americans between the ages of 26 and 40 have been tattooed".