Quotes About Acceptance

You nights of anguish. Why didn't I kneel more deeply to accept you, Inconsolable sisters, and, surrendering, lose myself in your loosened hair. How we squander our hours of pain. How we gaze beyond them into the bitter duration To see if they have an end. Though they are really Seasons of us, our winter …

Whenever we reject a part of our being, we are confirming to ourselves our fundamental unworthiness.

The instant we agree to feel fear or vulnerability, greed or agitation, we are holding our life with an unconditionally friendly heart.

This means accepting our human existence and all of life as it is. Imperfection is not our personal problem—it is a natural part of existing.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." Our

Mindfulness is the intentional process of paying attention, without judgment, to the unfolding

Through Buddhist awareness practices, we free ourselves from the suffering of trance by learning to recognize what is true in the present moment, and by embracing whatever we see with an open heart. This cultivation of mindfulness and compassion is what I call Radical Acceptance.

was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening.

Whether we feel pleasure or pain, the wings of acceptance allow us to honor and cherish this ever-changing life, as it is.

Feeling that something is wrong with me is the invisible and toxic gas I am always breathing." When we experience our lives through this lens of personal insufficiency, we are imprisoned in what I call the trance of unworthiness. Trapped in this trance, we are unable to perceive the truth of who we really are.

Living in the future creates the illusion that we are managing our life and steels us against personal failure.

the 'secret' of a spiritual life is the capacity to '...return to that which we have spent a lifetime hiding from, to rest in the bodily experience of the present moment -- if even it is a feeling of being humilated, of failing, of abandonment, of unfairness.' Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience.

We have to face the pain we have been running from. In fact, we need to learn to rest in it and let its searing power transform us. Charlotte Joko Beck

She could find the cure through being with the pain.

Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance.

Those who feel plagued by not being good enough are often drawn to idealistic worldviews that offer the possibility of purifying and transcending a flawed nature. This quest for perfection is based in the assumption that we must change ourselves to belong. We may listen longingly to the message that wholeness and goodness have always been our essence, yet still feel like outsiders, uninvited guests at the feast of life.

no matter how hard we try to control life, we have no sway over the bedrock realities of change, loss, and mortality.

When we say, "I accept myself as I am," we are not accepting a story about a good or bad self. Rather, we are accepting the immediate mental and sensory experiences we interpret as self. We are seeing the familiar wants and fears, the judging and planning thoughts as a part of the flow of life. Accepting them in this way actually enables us to recognize that experience is impersonal and frees us from the trap of identifying ourselves as a deficient and limited self.

There's a prayer that comes from the Buddhist tradition, which is, 'May whatever arises serve the awakening of wisdom and compassion.

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our life as it is. A moment of Radical Acceptance is a moment of genuine freedom. The

As we figuratively sit beside ourselves and inquire, listen and name our experience, we see Mara clearly and open our heart in tenderness for the suffering before us.

Aceptación Radical empieza a desplegarse cuando nos asomamos a la vivencia del momento, soltando nuestras historias y acogiendo con suavidad nuestro dolor o nuestro deseo. Las dos partes de la aceptación verdadera (ver con claridad y acoger nuestra vivencia con compasión) dependen la una de la otra, como las dos alas de un ave de alto vuelo. Las dos juntas nos permiten volar y ser libres.

When we strive to impress or outdo others, we strengthen the underlying belief that we are not good enough as we are.

Keeping our gaze on the bandaged place, as Rumi says, allows the light to enter.