A magical potion is available to us today. That potion is called acceptance.
We are asked to accept many things: ourselves, as we are; our feelings, needs, desires, choices, and current status of being. Other people, as they are. The status of our relationships with them. Problems. Blessings. Financial status. Where we live. Our work, our tasks, our level of performance at these tasks.
Resistance will not move us forward, nor will it eliminate the undesirable. But even our resistance may need to be accepted. Even resistance yields to and is changed by acceptance.
Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever; it is for the present moment.
Acceptance is the magic that makes our present circumstances good. It brings peace and contentment and opens the door to growth, change, and moving forward.
It shines the light of positive energy on all that we have and are. Within the framework of acceptance, we figure out what we need to do to take care of ourselves.
Acceptance empowers the positive and tells God we have surrendered to the Plan. We have mastered today's lesson, and are ready to move on.
Today, I will accept. I will relinquish my need to be in resistance to my environment and myself. I will surrender. I will cultivate contentment and gratitude. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am today.
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Easy Does it..Keep It Simple..Let Go and Let God..
Goodmornin' Phil, Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.Once I learned to accept people, places, and things just as they were, I could stop fighting. I also had to learn to accept me, work with who I was, not with the dream of who I wanted to be.
Now, I read your post below, if you could just accept that you have to open your eyes before you go near the coffee pot, your mornings would go much smoother.Try it next time...just being honest with you .
I also read your post about me being a cow - oh, no, that was a cowgirl, anyway....I had to get rid of the guns years ago...I'm not safe with a gun, watched my Dad in his drinking days do some damage with guns.The way I handle fear is I take my God with me , He is the biggest baddest Cowboy I know. And by the way I'm not a cowgirl, that was one of those me's I tried to be and it didn't fit at all. Accepting life on lifes terms today !
Have a great sober day and drink lots of coffee,my friend.
ok Gammy.:) I get the message(Smile) Im an accident waiting to happen.
Youre no Dale Evans hu? I always wanted to be Roy Rogers, but every time I picked up a drink, I became Triggers butt.
Hey! Hope everythings going better for yu. Everythings ok in the north, as long as one stays outa ones way. Like--things that go bump in the night. Yu gotta turn on the light. ehhh?
Coffee? The kitchen floor needed washing anyway. Everything happens for a reason.
You have a good weekend. Keep Smilin!!
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boy!! *acceptance* that was a very hard thing for me....having to accept the (usually) negative experiences......i resisted EVERYTHING....fought life tooth and nail, the injustice of it all, until i wore myself out and decided to say to hell with it...if i cannot do anything about it?? i will just take care of me/ do what i can and to heck with it....DETACH.....i know that acceptance doesn't mean you like/ condone/ agree with the sitation, it is just *seeing the facts AS they are...not what you want them to be* and taking right action...even if it is to detach/ give over.......it was hard for me to get to that point....i am progressing!!! thanks phil, hugs/ rosie
Phil, My name is Alicia and I am an alcoholic. I have never visited this message board before but am glad that I have found it! I needed to hear your message about acceptance this morning. I am living the AA program one day at a time. Thank you for sharing your experience, strength, and hope. Sincerely, Alicia
Dear Phil, Thanks so much for the welcome. I am excited that I found these discussions. Weird is good – recovering alcoholics even better. You know what they say, “some are sicker than others.” I think I’m pretty sick (tee, hee). Alicia
