ACCEPTANCE IS FREEDOM - here's how to do it

Hi gorgeous,

I had such a great conversation with one of my lovely clients today, on the nature of acceptance. I ask you - WHY on earth would anyone choose to accept the unacceptable? 

Well, a multitude of reasons - but I would argue that the most powerful reason is - freedom.

Accepting things for how they really are - rather than how you would like them to be - frees up SO much energy.

That energy can be put to good use, depending on the situation.

You might find a different way to change things from a new, more accepting perspective.

You might accept someone for who they truly are, and stop expecting them to behave differently. And from that place of acceptance, you get to choose whether to continue in the relationship - or finally leave it behind.

Some things (most things, actually) are outside of our control - it is what it is. Acceptance is freedom.

Acceptance is also incredibly simple. Not necessarily easy, but simple. It's just a choice - a decision. You choose to put down the fight, and accept what is.

Now this might happen in an instant - you might have a moment of clarity that allows you to see things as they really are - and with a sigh of relief, you might choose to deeply and completely accept them.

Or it might be a process. Either is fine.

In her book Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach says that the work of acceptance is not in effort, but in opening.

In other words, you simply open your heart to the possibility of acceptance. You open the door a chink.

I believe that you don't try to accept something, you simply do it - or you become willing to do it.

Take, for example, the person who says "I'm going to try to quit smoking." Now you know damn well that person is going to smoke again. They intend to smoke again. 

So we don't try to accept - we simply choose to do it, right now. Or - if that's too difficult - we simply say "I am willing to accept this."

You'd be amazed at how free your heart feels afterwards. Accept the unacceptable - and when you've done that, ask yourself WHAT NOW? What comes next?

A whole world of possibility opens up - it's freeing, and it's beautiful.

What do you think? 

Big love,

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