Quotes About Acceptance

If we want real happiness, the only way it can arise is by letting go of the one who is unhappy. It is not a question of trying to hold on to the one who is happy. Rather, when the unhappy one is relinquished, nothing else remains except the happiness of tranquility and pure awareness.

Contentment with our life as it is brings a feeling of great lightness, for we lose the burden of continually craving for situations and people to be different. Things are as they are. Refusing to accept this creates dukkha and brings pain. It is like pushing against a sealed door. We push and we push until our hands hurt, but we cannot open it. If we are wise, we accept that this is simply how it is. The door is sealed, and it is perfectly all right that it is so.

The missing link can only come through the practice of loving-kindness toward ourselves, in spite of everything we know about ourselves. Only then, in fact, will we be able to love others, without criticism or judgment.

Hope does not mean turning a blind eye to reality or living in self-neglect. It is about accepting the situation as it is and deciding to find a better way to deal with it. It's about showing up, even when you are afraid you may fail. It's about working through the tough stuff, the painful stuff, and still carrying on because you know you are stronger than you think you are. But of course, hope alone is never enough. You have to apply focus and persistence.

Sen benim keyfimin kâhyas? m?s?n? Ä°ster aÄŸlar?m, ister gene aÄŸlar?m.

Nas?l bittiyse bundan öncekiler, bu da biter. Bite bite sonunda ben de biterim, olur biter.

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it.

Nothing like rejection to make what is wholly yours seem sweet and right.

She would try then not to think too strenuously about her whole life. She would try to live one day at a time, like an alcoholic – drink, don't drink, drink. Perhaps she should take drugs.

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.

God, give me courage to do what I can, humility to admit what I can't, and wisdom to know the difference.

Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

They're here, they're queer, get hip to them. ~ B. Ruby Rich

The therapist had been sympathetic and kind. "You have to decide how you want to spend the rest of your life. Isn't it possible that your hope that Danny is alive and will show up one day at your door is keeping you rooted in a fantasy?

I want to die." May shook her head. "Let me get a knife." "I've made a horrible mess of things." "Haven't we all? If you don't want your supper burned, die quietly while I get back to the kitchen.

I'm sorry about a lot of things. Being with you isn't one of them.

Not everyone is glad I'm back. As for what I'm looking for?" He shook his head. "I guess I'll know when I find it.

Once you remove any hint of judgment, changing your habits becomes an uplifting journey of self-discovery.

So yes, you can try what worked for your friend, but don't beat yourself up if your friend's answer doesn't change you in the same way.

We live in an aspiration-driven culture that is rooted in instant gratification. We find it difficult to enact or even accept incremental progress. Which is exactly what you need to cultivate meaningful long-term change.

she doesn't go into a shame spiral anymore.

It's time for someone to say it: You've got to lower your expectations.

One should not grieve for the past and worry for the future. The wise care for the present and chart their life's course accordingly.

You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love