Serenity Prayer for Knitters

Grant me the serenity

to vigorously block the things I cannot change;
the courage to rip the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.

This sweater is too big. It may not look so big in the picture but that's a lot of ribbing and, despite my swatch and the contingency deduction in my original cast on, it simply does not fit the way I want it to. I am still working up the nerve to rip it all out ...