Accept Things as They Are

Accept- believe or recognize (an opinion, explanation, etc.) as valid or correct.

acceptOne of the problems with having a creative and working mind is that it can create many different scenarios and situations to distract us from solving problems. Or, in the worst cases, it stops us from recognizing something like a problem at all.

Learning to accept things as they are at the beginning of all types of good stuff, like positive change, growth, and improvement.  The simple fact that we can’t change anything until we accept it provides a solid foundation for all good things.  Honestly, recognize and take the situation you are in and the person you are.  Raise your consciousness today by becoming aware of what it is and accepting it in your thoughts, words, and actions.   (Video Today)

Accept it, Change it, or Leave it.

One of the great lessons from Eckhart Tolle in the Power of now is that you need to honestly look at where you are and who you are and make a simple

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From Eckhart Tolle and The Power of Now

decision.  Accept it, change it, or leave it.  Those are your only three options.  It all begins with being able to evaluate where you are honestly.  Don’t waste your time complaining. That will only build a victim mentality and take all of your Power. Think when you are complaining about the weather, your spouse, your loneliness, your financial situation, or any other aspect of your life.  When you complain, you become a victim, and victims are weak, passive, and at the mercy of the complaints in their lives. You give away all your Power.

So accept what you are not happy with as a part of living life. Or you can choose to change that thing and make it into something more acceptable. Acceptance can happen in a relationship, a job, where you live, or any other matter. Of course, leaving the situation is the third choice and the most difficult. People look at going as if they have failed, which is not true. Why stay in a condition that is no longer a positive experience for you? Leaving for a new start is the beginning of the most important stories.  Be happy with the lessons learned, but if you can’t change things to become acceptable or accept them the way they are, what choice do you have? Leave it and move on.

Accept and Grow

Accepting our limits can be difficult because it seems like an ending, but that is the opposite of the truth.  When you look at your limits and honestly Acceptunderstand what they mean, you can find a way around them.  This makes them just what they are, an obstacle rather than a restriction.  That is the path of growth for all of us.

Many people are pleased with their current situation and have no desire to change. But often, there is a desire inside us that yearns for more. That calling will be recognized by the person feeling it eventually. Accept the call for more, for better, and for growth. You tell yourself to try for more, to give it a shot. Accept that you are not where you need to end up, and growth will happen before you know it.  Limits are just perceptions of our abilities.  We can’t change anything until we choose to accept it.

Accept Yourself

For many people, the most challenging thing to accept is ourselves. We see so many messages from society about who we should be and what we should have and should accomplish that we don’t feel we measure up.  The truth is that nobody measures up to these composite images thrust upon us by the collective media/corporate society. All acceptmessages have a purpose, and the value in you not accepting yourself is that you will pay to find something that will make you more acceptable to the herd mentality.  Change your complexion, financial situation, or a pile of possessions in your home, and you will be happier.

That message is a lie. You have a unique personality and a list of talents, and they make you a one-of-a-kind person. Since we all have our skills, we are all in the same boat.  Accept who you are, what you like, who you love, where you want to live, what you can buy, where you want to go, what you want to do, or any other thing you can imagine.  Not doing so will have you chasing someone else’s dream, not yours. You don’t have to like something to accept it.  Once you buy something, you can change it. A change will never come until you receive a situation as it is.

The challenge is to spend some time today being conscious of your situation and making an effort to accept it.  Again, that doesn’t mean you have to like it or stay in that situation, but to take that something is what it is. To do anything else seems like the definition of insanity.  It starts with a rise in consciousness of thoughts, words, and actions that you take today.

“Accept yourself, love yourself.” ~Chanel Iman

“Too often in life, something happens, and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we choose to accept people or situations or not to accept situations.”~ Tom Brady

“Accept who you are and your uniqueness. Define your choices and beliefs.” 
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The truth, no matter how hard it is to bear, must be accepted and confronted head-on because it is real. Businesses and people who accept truth soar.” ― Germany Kent

 

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