“Accept everything just the way it is.
Acceptance is perhaps the most important attitude to overcome mental challenges in life.
It’s a state of mind. There’s no destination or goal with acceptance. It’s simply the process of exercising the mind to be tolerant of anything life throws at us.
Why is it powerful?
Because instead of fighting against negative emotions like anxiety and stress, you’re actually accepting them the way they are. You’re not bitter, and you’re not creating more negativity out of your negativity.
Through acceptance, you pave the path for negative emotions like anxiety to become less powerful. You’re not fighting against them and making them worse.
But to be clear: Acceptance is not the following: It’s not indifference or apathy. It does not involve giving up or not trying. It’s simply about accepting things without judging them.
It is what it is. Whatever happens happens. It’s about being patient and allowing the natural flow of things to take place.”
awaken.com, Leonard Jacobson
