Acceptance

 

I feel my entire body unwinding and relaxing as I give up my resistance and struggle. Today I learn to accept life as it comes and learn to flow with it with peace. - Ruth Fishel

Life is what it is. People are who they are. All the wishing and trying and struggling cannot change this. We tried to change things with our addictions and compulsions and obsessions. We tried to make everything the way we wanted it so that we could feel good. We tried to make people do what we wanted them to do so we could be happy. The closer we come to accept what is here ... what is real ... what is true, whether we like it or not, the closer we will be to finding JOY.

A flower falls even though we love it. A weed grows even though we don't love it. - Dogen