Acceptance is possible with god

​“For nothing will be impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37)

The makeup of our life to-date is the sum of everything we have experienced. Our experiences, our setbacks, who our family is or isn’t, our abilities, have all served to shape and mold who we are. This experience represents for us a multitude of things that were out of our control, but what we can come to terms with is that we can control how we respond moving forward.

“To understand what acceptance is and looks like, we must understand what it is not. Acceptance is not apathy, laziness, or idle helplessness. It’s not the status quo or refusing to push yourself. Acceptance is simply coming to terms with what is real (read: irrefutably, irrevocably true). It has nothing to do with whether you’re happy about said reality, and has everything to do with a peaceful acknowledgement of that thing—that concrete thing—being true.” 

”The path toward acceptance asks two questions: 1). Can this be changed? and 2). If the answer is no, what work needs to be done to accept this, emotional or otherwise? Now, What does my reality require me to do?”

Acceptance is saying, I acknowledge that this is my reality and my responsibility lies in how I deal with it. Acceptance is not repeatedly getting angry over the same thing, time after time. Acceptance can end that cycle, empowering us to decide what to do in that moment. We are not powerless when we face our impossibilities. We are powerful. 

GiGi❤️

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