Acceptance is The Answer
“And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation-some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Hey this is Tim Brown and this is The Extra Mile- positivity during COVID-19.
Gratefulness is a superpower and life is pain… how do I reconcile these two seeming opposites?
Well… Acceptance is the first step to gratefulness.
If you’re struggling against your current circumstance, then it’s really hard to be grateful for what you do have that’s great.
“Acceptance is the Answer” is huge in 12 step programs.. (which I’m very grateful for) ;)
“And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation-some fact of my life-unacceptable to me, and can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Another great quote…
In response to my “life is pain” segment yesterday, James T. Olsen related this nugget: “Suffering = Pain x Resistance” Pain is inevitable, suffering is not. We only suffer if we try to resist the pain rather than embrace it or acknowledge it.
Acceptance is a great first step to gratefulness.
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