And now....today's post:
I often marvel at my (read: your) ability for acceptance. It's sort of mind-boggling how many situations we, as human beings, are willing and able to accept. I hate change. Hate it. I find it hard to deal with and onerous and it is not something I like to do. BUT, when the change has occurred, I find myself rapidly able to accept that change. It's eerie. Surreal. And I know I'm not the only one.
Acceptance.
It's the same thing that allows you to walk by that single sock on the floor, day after day after day and never pick it up. It becomes a part of the scenery. It's why my bedroom walls are still white even though I keep thinking we ought to put pictures up. It's why you go to work everyday even when you aren't happy. Or why you don't kill your kids (I imagine). Why you were in that relationship for so long even though it was just dragging you down. Or why you are in a wonderful relationship and tend to forget that.
You take things day by day and each day it becomes a little easier to accept them. For better or worse, you can get used to just about anything. Which is really amazing when I consider all the effort I put into fighting things. I expend lots of energy just trying to wish away the pounds or hope back the time or whatever. But what I'm trying to do (of late) and what I know I need to do is just
accept.
Let go.
Take a deep breath and realize that it will be ok because it has to be ok. There's an alternative, but it's messy.
So my message to you (read: me) is just to do your best each day to accept what comes and know that you are capable of handling it. Because you have this awesome capacity as a human being to change and adapt to your environment and you should use it.
I now return you to your day. Hopefully this last post hasn't been too sappy. I really tried to keep the sap out of it, but to write anything else would have been barking up the wrong tree. Get it? See what I did there? Thank you! Don't forget to tip your waitress.
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