Quotes About Acceptance

Stable happiness doesn't come from getting everything we want, because we never will; true happiness comes from wanting whatever we get.

think of death as a transformation — a bit more radical than puberty, but nothing to get particularly upset about.

Socrates, how do I stop my thoughts, my mind - other than by developing a sense of humor? -First you need to understand where your thoughts come from, how they arise in the first place. For example, you have a cold now; Its physical symptoms tell you when your body needs to rebalance itself, to restore its proper relationship with sunlight, fresh air, simple food. Just so, Stressful thoughts reflect a conflict with reality. Stress happens when the mind resists what is.

In life, stress happens when you resist... No matter what comes your way, if you take a rigid position, you experience pain. Never oppose force with force. Instead, absorb it and use it... Yielding can overcome even a superior force.

Stress happens when the mind resists what is. Most of us tend to either push or resist the river of our lives, to fight circumstance rather than make use of things as they are. Resistance creates turbulence, which you feel as physical, mental, and emotional tension. Tension is a subtle pain, which — like any pain — signals that something is amiss. When we are out of natural balance, we create tension; by listening to our body, we can take responsibility for releasing it.

I don't even know if the sun will rise or whether I'll wake up in the morning. I don't know if God will grant me my next breath. So I choose to live on faith rather than knowledge—and accept whatever comes, welcome or not, bitter or sweet—all of it, a gift from God.

Per avere una morte benedetta, bisogna imparare a vivere. Per avere una vita benedetta, bisogna imparare a morire.

one way most of us deal with feelings is to ignore them or pretend they don't exist—to deny them. Then, as the pressure builds, we occasionally experience emotional episodes such as arguments or explosions (and we may later berate ourselves for having "lost control").

You don't worry unless you care. Concern reveals thoughtfulness and sensitivity. Insecurity reflects a desire to do well and to prove yourself. Shyness reminds you that you want to be liked and to make a good impression. Anger indicates passionate involvement or desire to be involved. Depression may indicate a sensitive soul, grieving for the world. Accepting your emotions sometimes means appreciating the positive lessons contained in negative emotions.

As you learn to accept your emotions fully, however, without allowing them to drive or limit your behavior, you'll find it less necessary to change or fix them.

infant. There was no shame in being seen, no disgrace in being human.

If we can stop judging our mistakes so harshly, we can also stop ourselves from reactively engaging in the negative behaviors.

Emotions are like waves on the sea or weather in the skies, rising and passing of their own accord. You cannot control your feelings by an act of intention or will. So you are not responsible for your feelings; only for your response to them. Accept emotions completely, let your feelings be; just don't let them run your life.

There is no need to search;achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now!

of course, we don't love painful feelings like anxiety or depression. We don't have to love or even like them, but we do have to accept them, as difficult as that can seem at times.

The heart of accepting your emotions (and, as you've seen, of reclaiming your will) is to do what you need to do despite what you are feeling.

Die Welt ist ein Rätsel. Ist doch egal, ob wir sie verstehen.

Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.

But as we mature and begin to grasp that we are often the cause of our own difficulties, we begin a process of compassionate self-observation leading to deeper self-knowledge — denial gives way to authenticity as the light of awareness penetrates our shadow. We come to accept ourselves (and others) as we are rather than as we might want ourselves (or them) to be. And as we embrace the full scope of our humanity, we open the way to genuine growth and transformation.

When you begin transcendental training, focusing on your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warriors way.

you see, Dan, when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race ; the thoughts that assail you are actually created by you

Life is a sea that brings waves of change, welcome or not. As the warrior-emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote, "Time is a river of passing events. No sooner is one thing brought to sight than it's swept away, and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away." The Buddha, leaving behind both his protected childhood and ascetic renunciation, and having attained illumination, observed, "Everything that begins also ends. Make peace with this and all will be well.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

I could not do this, I realized, if I were immortal. This degree of love of life and of one another is granted, I saw for once and for ever, not to immortals, but to those who live briefly and always under the shadow of death and loss.