We want things our way. Sounds familiar, right? We hate it when things go wrong, plans don't prosper and life looks like a mess. However, in the midst of this turbulence, we can often times find strength in looking at things from a 'now' perspective.
I've begun practicing meditation for a couple of weeks now. I shared a video recently that talks about how being in the present frees our mind of worries and what's coming next for us. Ever since I started being more intentional, thoughtful of how I'm spending my time and what needs to get done, I understood the sheer nature of living in the present.
One more thing that came out of my practice was the idea of acceptance - understanding that where we are right now, in whatever phase of our life is what's meant to happen and no matter how hard we try to control things that don't seem pleasing to us, nothing is going to change.
Well yes, we do have control over how we choose to respond, but external forces are absolutely outside of our control. So the question is, what lessons did acceptance teach me?
Look for the good and the blessing: there's always something good that's happening in our lives. Only if we look hard enough we can find it.
Fall in love with where you are: you might not be at the perfect place of your life, but you always have a choice to fall in love with where you are or fight hard to only know what it's not worth it.
You're always doing good and always doing enough: we end up being too hard on ourselves for not doing the best we can but at times, we're doing the best of what's needed in the moment.
It always gets better: you might end up looking back to these days as something that made you change yourself, accept who you are or even the blessing in disguise. It always gets better, it does.
In my experience, acceptance is about accepting where we are but also striving to move towards the life we want to create. Try being present, soaking the memories of now and giving yourself credit for it.
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