3 in the early days at the seminary , a friend of father callahan 's had given him a blasphemous crewelwork sampler which had sent him into gales of horrified laughter at the time , but which seemed more true and less blasphem ? ous as the years passed : god grant me the serenity to accept what i can not change , the tenacity to change what i may , and the good luck not to fuck up too often .