"Accepting feelings doesn't mean acting on them. It means you don't fight with their existence. You can let them be there while you get on with your day"
Padraig O'Morian
Don't fight; accept. So simple but so challenging! I'm drawn to this concept likely because of two convincing reasons:
- When I succeed at accepting and I stop fighting, I am more at peace with myself, my emotions and my experiences.
- Just like Mom and Dad told us..."eat your vegetables! they're good for you!" I KNOW that acceptance is good for me....so I keep trying. I load my plate up with broccoli because I want to be ..healthier!
For many people, myself included, I strive for "happiness, peace, contentment". Of course! However, having only "pleasant" emotions isn't very realistic, or even always desirable.
I enjoy Canada because I like the changing seasons; when spring rolls around I'm excited. If I had spring and summer all the time I'm fairly certain I'd take it for granted. Just like when I go to the cottage and the first day seeing the lake - the sun dancing off the water -the sounds of the boats and warmth of the sun...it's heaven. On day 5....missing my wifi! If I lived on the water I would take that for granted too! I know myself!!
But getting
back to one's desire to feel happy, peaceful and contented....if I was always all those things I'm sure they would lose value somehow.
back to one's desire to feel happy, peaceful and contented....if I was always all those things I'm sure they would lose value somehow.
I need the dark to appreciate light. I need the negative to see the positive. And so instead of fighting my feelings, it's better for me to accept them...whatever they are. I don't have to act on them; I can just let them be. Because they will change.
I also don't have to fear them, or strive to change them. No emotion is "wrong" or "bad". They just "are".
Nameste
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