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ACCEPTANCE 11/04/2009
 
The Paradox of ACCEPTANCE.

One of the greatest sources of pain and frustration in our lives is our demand that things be different.

"He shouldn't have come late!"
"I shouldn't have paid so much!"
"You shouldn't have gotten sick!"
"It should never have happened!"
"Why can't I get things right?!"
"Why is it raining so much! I can't take this cold weather any more!"
"This stupid machine is not working again!" 
 
CONSIDER the following: Our inability to accept a situation as it is, often creates more of a difficulty then the actual situation itself.
    
Does "acceptance" mean we need to "settle" for something which is not OK or which is not the way we want it to be?
 
With acceptance comes a feeling of peace and relief. In order to achieve this we need to accept the situation 100% as it is. If you want a really intense dose of relief- try WISHING that the situation would be exactly the way it is!
 
NOW- from that place of acceptance consider what you may want to be different in your life. Feel how much more you are able to access your internal resources of energy, positivity, optimism, joy and hope.
 
Lets make something very clear- the issue here isn't wether or not you want things to be different. The issue is- when you want things to be different, what emotional "space" are you in or are you coming from?
  
If you succeed in accepting things as they are then when you want things to change it's not because you are motivated by frustration or pain or because you "just can't take it any more!". 

Rather it's coming from a place of "I love life", "Everything in my life is going great!". NOW- "How can I make things even better?". When you are coming from this place you will be amazed at how creative and positive you can be!
 
Give it a try and experience for yourself the "magic" that I am speaking about. Let me know how it goes.
  
[If you want to work on this further, be in contact and we can set up a time to work on it individually. Wishing you lots of success and looking forward to hearing from you.]

 


Comments

Stacie

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:38:26

Well said...Happiness comes not from having what we want, but from wanting what we've got.

 



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