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Acceptance

8/24/2013

 
Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of the situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about. 

  • Kathleen Casey Theisen

We must accept change, interdependency, and vulnerability as synonymous with human life…. And what is the difference between truly accepting them and just resigning ourselves to their inevitability?…acceptance feels like a starting point, while resignation feels like a stopping point. Acceptance means seeing the facts for what they are and looking forward from there - what needs to be done now? Resignation means looking at the way things are and feeling hopeless - there’s nothing I can do about it….Acceptance puts process ahead of outcomes…Acceptance means accepting risk and uncertainty….

  • Barry Magid. Ending the Pursuit of Happiness; A Zen Guide

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