Posts tagged "acceptance"
Accepting What Seems Unacceptable

Accepting What Seems Unacceptable

Background: Accepting What Seems Unacceptable: on a recent trip to Mongolia (after an 11 hour flight from Vancouver to Seoul, an eight hour layover, and a four hour flight to the capital city, Ulaanbaatar), after our dawn arrival, our family group assumed we might have a day to rest and recover.  Not so!  After a traditional...
Acceptance, Enjoyment, Enthusiasm: A Trio to Try

Acceptance, Enjoyment, Enthusiasm: A Trio to Try

Acceptance, enjoyment, enthusiasm: a trio to try. I like the flow of these words, the sanguine effect of reading and feeling the words on my soul, in my mind and body :-).  I feel pleasantly light, noticing a bubbly energy, and my heart is open. Here’s a bit of back story to this post. Mike...
Saying Yes Is Simple - Not Easy

Saying Yes Is Simple – Not Easy

Saying yes is simple – not easy. I know this from personal experience! How many times and ways have I heard similar messages: Don’t resist, what we resist persists, acceptance frees our energy, saying no blocks it.. again and again. Saying Yes to the Universe (now there’s the full meal deal, eh?), is the title...
Acceptance Changes Everything

Acceptance Changes Everything

Acceptance changes everything! Try it, you’ll like it 🙂   Travelling with my family in Portugal this summer was a rich and splendid experience… with, of course as it is to be expected,  a few AFGOs*.  One early in the trip had to do with the cramped space in our Lisbon lodging. I could notice my...
Acceptance and Surrender Do Not Mean Giving Up

Acceptance and Surrender Do Not Mean Giving Up

Acceptance and surrender do not mean giving up…Or? This is a big one, and tricky… at least for me.  A bit of background to start.  Acceptance has featured really large for me on my journey, for most of my life.  Or I should actually say that lack of acceptance:  resistance, wanting things to be different (my...