Accept the You, You Are.
Many of us believe that we have to make ourselves feel really enthusiastic about our goals and aspirations in order to manifest them. We’ve been told that if we just want our goals enough, we will achieve them.
Yet that seems backwards. The mind equates wanting something with lack. That is, if you want something, you don’t have it. And the more we want something, the more we feel like we don't have it.
“Of course there is no formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.” ~Arthur Rubinstein
Sometimes we look at other people's lives and think we’ll never experience what they’re living, whether it be a positive or negative situation. We think, “That will never happen to me.” Part of the real beauty of life is that it’s unpredictable.
Nothing is permanent, everything changes; and of course, a lot of things can happen that will transform who you are and have an impact on your life. The problem is that we need to cultivate the ability to truly accept whatever comes and embrace it.We need to develop the habit of looking at whatever happens through a positive mindset instead of a negative and defeatist one.
Life presents challenges, and it’s not easy to embrace them when we’re suffering and wishing those things would have never happened. But if we develop an acceptance of our current life situation, we’ll likely cope with future crises in a different way and view them from a different perspective. We will accept instead or resisting.
Deepak’s Chopra’s, The 7 Laws of Spiritual Success, He explains that we might want things to be different in the future, but in the present moment we need to accept things as they are. That’s the way you can make your life flow smoothly instead of roughly.
Over the many years of my life I have learned it is better to accept things as they are, and that the power of acceptance is the most difficult thing to achieve and maintain in life.
I learned many thing over those years. I discovered that I was happier and more peaceful when I accepted what had happened instead of constantly fighting to change things. Whether it’s a family loss, a missed opportunity, or a sudden change in your plans, being able to accept things that are out of your control will help you maintain inner peace and happiness.
Acceptance, in my opinion, is the key to convert momentary happiness to enduring happiness. It helps you move from feeling happy to actually being happy.
Practicing acceptance prepares you to live in this changing world, where you never know what’s going to happen next. Acceptance is like protecting yourself with your own shield. Acceptance is not at all related to weakness, and is definitely not a synonym of conformity or mediocrity.We need to learn how to identify when it’s time to persist and when it’s time to accept.
Finding the lesson or purpose behind every challenge, life presents, will help you embrace it instead of fighting it.
Don’t judge what happens to you. Instead, believe that everything happens for a reason and that better things will always follow. That’s the beginning of true acceptance. When something unpredictable happens, instead of complaining and over-thinking it, we need to choose to live with it.
It is hard to practice acceptance when you deeply wish things aren’t the way they are. But the truth is, sometimes we can’t change our reality, even though we try.
BEING GOOD, SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH!
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