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Acceptance
Dear Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
The reason I opened this with prayer is because of its meaning and the fact that I was reading an excellent book afforded to me by a dear friend and it resonated so vividly with one of my many values that I decided to share with everyone.
Therefore, without further delay, here’s what it alluded to and to what I understand by it— if you truly want your life to flow and change for the better, you need to accept and appreciate everything that shows up for you—even and especially the things you can’t control, don’t want, and positively abhor!
Sounds contrary, right? Well, maybe a little counter-intuitive, I agree. Still, let me share a very important secret with you, based on my own experience and that of so many I have read from and about.
If you can implement this aspect of accepting and appreciating what you have into your life, even if other changes prove too challenging, you will dramatically enhance the quality of your life.
Allow me to explain. Letting go of resistance and getting into acceptance is a way of allowing the flow in your life. Mastering the art of acceptance doesn’t just make you feel better in a bad or challenging situation—it really does. The deeper truth is that everything that happens to you has potential to open you to even more joy and happiness, especially the seemingly bad things in your life.
You have no doubt already had experience of a twist of fate for the worse that turned out to be for the better. Perhaps you were made redundant and with the changes in law, your sentence is shorter. Be aware now that it wasn’t an exception. It IS THE RULE! Shifting your perspective so that you want and accept what you have, even the so-called negative aspects, will pay dear dividends in your life.
The trick is in stepping back and identifying the lesson in whatever has happened and allowing yourself to change, grow, and evolve. You cannot do that without letting go of resistance and getting into acceptance. Beyond that then, if you come to believe that everything has a positive intention for you, then you move in a state of being appreciative of all that happens, because you trust and hop that “silver lining” is there to be found, and it will be worth more than all the heartache.
Trust and Hope are key factors here, because it might indeed take some time before you can see how the lesson plays out for the positive.
Are there exceptions to this? The really painful events of life, like the death of a loved one, don’t have silver linings. Even so, you can allow the process of grieving and coming to acceptance to change you in a healthy and positive ways. You may come to appreciate and value your life and relationships more, knowing that every moment is precious.
So a key to flowing and enjoying life is wanting and accepting what you already have, for the love of it, or the deeper gift, know that by doing this it opens up the potential to create more, or different, or better.
And when it feels impassible to want what has happened, know that by accepting it, you can allow yourself to grow and evolve.
Wherever you are right now is perfect, even when it is not!
And if that scrambles your brain, that’s key as well. Take a moment now to reflect on that statement and begin to feel how it may be true to you.
Thank you and God bless!
Ernesto Cole
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