Acceptance is not giving-in. Acceptance is opening-up. Opening-up to receive the facts which are staring us right in the face and knocking on the door of our intelligence. Therefore, one can easily say acceptance is a gift of sight, or intelligence.
Yes, we may know the facts and recognize the truth, and we maybe even feeling it churning deep in our gut, but “no”, we tell ourselves, it cannot be the truth. The truth is it is *obviously true. We can say it is true, because we know it is obviously true, but we refuse. So, the question becomes, are we not accepting the facts or are we not accepting the way we feel about the facts, the truth. Are we rejecting the hurt and ominous disappointment which comes along with the facts, along with the reality of the situation?
The greater truth is as soon as we accept what is before us, the sooner we can let-go of the pain and disappointment, and in doing so discover what is on the other side of it for our growth. I believe life does not do it to us, life does it for us.
Letting-go is the child of acceptance. A bird can become so fond of its branch that it chooses not to let-go. The problem with this is when it wishes to fly, no matter how hard and how long it flaps it wings to fly it will not fly, until it lets-go of the branch. Once the bird accepts it needs to let-go to move-on, it finds contentment in its flight, and soon that contentment becomes its happiness. Acceptance leads to letting-go. Letting-go leads to becoming content. Contentment leads to the discovery of the enjoyment of happiness.
*All of that said, there are times in one’s life when things are not final in our mind, and the possibilities are there for a change to occur. One can during those time commit themselves to a vision of change in support of the potential possibilities. Life can be miraculous. The gift of acceptance, the power it holds, is also a knowledge-enbling power. It is the understanding of when the time comes to let-go comes, to let go. This is a choice one must make for them self when learning from life’s lessons. This is how you Honor yourself.