“…and the wisdom to know the difference.”

The Serenity Prayer asks for it. Nobody grants it. Epictetus opened his handbook with the test:

Some things are up to us, while others are not up to us.

Encheiridion 1 · ἐφ’ ἡμῖν (eph’ hēmin) means “up to us” · tr. Oldfather (1928), who wrote “under our control”

Up to us

Not up to us