Four: Acceptance

It is said happiness is gained through acceptance, but acceptance of what exactly?

Should we accept our situations that are not happy ones? Should we accept our position at work and not strive for better? Should we accept our financial situation and not try to better it? What about our health and relationships, if poor, should we accept that? I do not think so, however I agree that through acceptance happiness can be found.

I believe we need to accept who we are as people, accept ourselves entirely, our flaws and faults, our good and bad points, how we look and most importantly, that we are responsible for ourselves. We need to love ourselves and accepting those things doesn't mean resignation, that we have to stay in place, physically or emotionally no matter if it's a good or bad place...it's about accepting the reality and that, in my opinion, brings understanding and it's through understanding what is, that we can change what will be...and happiness can be gained.

There's many things we need to accept in life, things we are unable to change or influence, however there's many we are able to exert influence over including ourselves.

Accepting that we're responsible for the way we think and the mindset or attitudes we foster is pivotal to influencing ourselves to move closer to the things we desire be it personal change, health, work promotion, better relationships or just a better state of being. Finding contentment in life starts with accepting that we can change and will, that others change also and that accepting some things are simply outside of our control to change at all and allowing that to cause us stress and worry will be a fruitless pursuit.

Acceptance isn't passive, a relinquishment of power or momentum; instead, it brings inner-peace, and can cause energy to generate within ourselves before vibrating outwards...acceptance is awareness.

Becca 💗

_{I have selected seven words to talk about over seven posts, one a day, this is word four.}