Accept
To accept a situation is to let it be, not resist, a kind of resignation. I might accept something and still not like it. Accepting is to stop fighting and can sometimes happen because I am just too exhausted to do anything else. The choice to accept can be simply expedient, the lesser of evils. This is not the kind of ‘accept’ as in accepting an award or the applause of the crowd. That kind is allowing me to receive
Accepting critique can be difficult. My ego goes into denial, anger, bargaining. A lot depends on how I see the world and my place in it. It is easier to Accept comments about me and about anything or anyone else for that matter, if I can learn to Accept myself. I am this human entity, here to learn more about Source and how the world works. Ego wants it to be a definite certain way and that idea can hurt me
Refusal to accept something can feed strong emotional behaviours. Discrimination is often a result of not accepting the views or colour or religious beliefs, etc of others. Refusing to accept a situation, reality, is what can occur after a traumatic event. It is the first stage of processing something big like the sudden passing of a loved one. We might hear, ‘no, this can’t be happening’.
To accept my lot in life has a different feel than to accept my destiny, my magnificent unfolding to agree to embrace my calling and to fulfill my purpose. Wow. Quite a list. To accept my lot in life is to give up and believe that I have little impact on the way things will turn out. The other option is filled to the brim with positive expectancy, joy and, yes, responsibility to step in and step up in life. Which is your choice?
I can be Accepting. By that I mean I can adopt an attitude of non-judgment. This is not so easy to do all of the time. So, maybe I’ll change that to I can nurture an attitude of non-judgment. When I drop judgment other things go with it, like I no longer feel guilty for judging me. The other side of that coin is that I no longer feel guilty about judging you. To ‘be’ Accepting feels like a good thing. What say you?