Quotes about Acceptance

Acceptance is about the truth that reality is never wrong.

When we find our core certainty within, then we no longer look for certainty outside. The unfathomable nature of the ever-changing world ceases to be a source of anxiety and instead is a source of joy and adventure.

If the outcome is the best, we thank God. And, if the worst happens, we thank Him more, for He only knows what is right.

Let go, allow, and it will be yours.

Your intent is for the future, but your attention is in the present. As long as your attention is in the present, then your intent for the future will manifest, because the future is created in the present. You must accept the present as is. Accept the present and intend the future. The future is something you can always create through detached intention, but you should never struggle against the present.

No external experience will support us, because the flux of events is inescapable. Note: from the introduction written by Chopra in The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts.

When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize that if you force the situation, the resistance will only increase. You don't want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that bends with the storm and survives.

Who is content simply to be? You too have felt the peace of simply being. Wake up to that, and you will join me in being free.

He can handle all your emotions. Every last dark and wretched thought. He already knows about them anyway.

What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have.