Saturday, July 07, 2012

ACCEPTANCE:



So much of our anguish is created when we are in resistance.
So much relief, release, and change are possible when we
accept, simply accept.

We waste our time, expend our energy, and make things
harder by resisting, repressing, and denying. Repressing our
thoughts will not make them disappear. Think it. Let it come
into reality. Then release it. A thought is not forever. If we
don't like it, we can think another one or change it. But to do
that, we must accept and release the first thought.

We make life harder by resisting and repressing our feelings.
No matter how dark, how "inappropriate" we might deem
our feelings, resisting and repressing will not free us from
them. They will swirl inside us, torment us, make us sick,
compel us to do compulsive things, keep us awake, or put
us to sleep.

In the final analysis, all that we're really called on to do is
accept our feeling.

Acceptance turns us into the person we are and want to be.
Acceptance empowers the events and circumstances to turn
around for the better.

What do we do if we're in resistance, in a tug-of-war with
some reality in our life? Accepting our resistance can help us
get through that too.

Acceptance does not mean we're giving our approval. It
does not mean surrendering to the will and plans of another.
It does not mean commitment. It is not forever. Acceptance
does not mean we accept abuse or mistreatment; it does not
mean we forgo ourselves, our boundaries, hopes, dreams,
desires, or wants. It means we accept what is, so we know
what to do to take care of ourselves and what boundaries
we need to set.

Acceptance and surrender – two concepts that hurt the
most before we do them.

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