Quotes About Acceptance

That's what I learned. I learned I couldn't shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.

We can't save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it's worth trying.

The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness

Daniel Wolf's advice—want what you have.

sibling who doesn't fit in or follow the paths the rest of us take; who challenges and bewilders, upsets and dazzles us; who scares some of us away; but who still loves us, in his or her way.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

A broken heart isn't so much the loss of the person as it is the loss of your dreams with that person.

And in that moment with the warmth of the sun and coolness of the rock and the mountains and cedar all around her, she knew she would be okay with whatever happened to her. And with that thought, never before had she felt so free.

When a thing plagues you so and you done all you can, the outcome is no longer up to you. Sometimes the best thing you can do is take your hands off, just let it go, let it go.

Yet there is no acceptance to be found in my heart. This death is unfair. Ignoble, and not justifiable by any measure of rationale. No battle is worth this. No ideals, no political cause, and no bounty. Being here is a mistake. Dying is a mistake. Twenty-two years has not been enough. "--Luke, a Civil War soldier

Suddenly everything finally made sense because, paradoxically, I finally accepted that it never would make sense. That's life. It's not all wrapped up with a tidy bow - it's crazy and disorganized and unpredictable, and so are the people who live it.

Then I didn't think much about it, I just did it. I started wearing some of the things he left behind, especially his bathrobe, some shirts too, but only in the house. I read his books, I am embarrassed at this. I also did some things to the place I knew he would like. He always complained about my plants, so I got rid of them. It seems strange to think about it now, but at the time I found some comfort in it. [ACCOUNTANT, AGE 38, SEPARATED AFTER LIVING TOGETHER 13 YEARS]

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life.

Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life.

God was God, and the why was His. Senseless to protest and rant when God didn't ask humans to help Him make decisions.

If you take one lesson and one lesson only from this book, I want it to be this: God doesn't function in a currency of shame. Shame isn't from God, it isn't of God, and it isn't something Christians should engage in. Shame is not nor will it ever be a useful response to a person's experience of the world, especially when it comes to sexual experiences.

Whoever you are, you are loved by a God who finds you beautiful and wants you to be fulfilled in life. Be a safe space for yourself first; then you can learn to be a safe space for others.

Shame based on sexual status, whether it is because of lots of sexual activity or none at all, is wrong. All

Shame based on sexual status, whether it is because of lots of sexual activity or none at all, is wrong.

In evangelical-speak, this is meeting people where they are. But I would add the following caveat: we must meet people where they are without a desire to change them into our image of what they should be.

Better a scarred body than a life of regrets

Life is meaningless without regrets.

Regrets are mortal wounds