Saturday, August 03, 2013

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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