Probability assessment: What's the probability that (in view of the results so far), that any tactic on your part or any expenditure of mental effort will result in an increase in the dome numbers? If close to zero, why waste any time worrying about?
Serenity prayers, composed by Reinhold Niebuhr, (1892 - 1971) and used frequently in his 1930's sermons.: http://www.beliefnet.com/prayers/protestant/addiction/serenity-prayer.aspx http://www.beliefnet.com/prayers/protestant/addiction/serenity-prayer.aspx