Week 2 day 1: Acceptance

Week 2 Day 1: Acceptance

Welcome to week 2! Last week we talked about the mind, body and soul connection, what it was and how each piece played its own part. This week we will begin to break it down even further and focus on acceptance. Acceptance is important in each realm of the mind, body and soul connection. As you will begin to learn, when it comes to connecting, we must always be present of each our mind, body and soul separately so that we may integrate them together for a complete and whole life! They are three entities that work together to create who we are as one!

So let's begin! What is acceptance? Acceptance is a person's agreement to experience a situation, to follow a process or condition without attempting to change, protest it, or leave it. Acceptance is allowing things to be as they are, no judgments, no wishing it was different or waiting for it to change. Acceptance is finding peace within in any situation - Accepting the moment for what it is and moving onto the next.

Why is acceptance important? Because when we learn to be accepting we learn to live without judgment. Most of us live our daily lives trying to fix this , work on that, being hard on ourselves for not a good enough job and beat ourselves because it just never seems to be enough. We don't truly accept our lives for what they are, we waste a lot of time dreaming and wishing our lives were different. Acceptance is the first step in the mind, body, soul connection. It is the first step to happiness. We must first accept our lives the way they are now, in this present moment, before we can truly make changes in our future. Acceptance forces us to be present to this given moment and allows us to be thankful for it.

Today as you go throughout your day practice acceptance. When you drive your car and someone cuts you off or goes too slow, accept the situation for what it is. Acknowledge it is annoying, but then allow the situation to go the way it should. Everything happens for a reason. Maybe the slow person in front of you is saving you from going too fast and getting into accident. When you're at work and one of your least favorite co workers is annoying you in the break room with their constant complaining; accept the moment. Don't judge them and don't judge yourself. Allow the moment to be and soon the moment will pass. And remember again you are there for a reason, maybe you have something to offer your co-worker, or in the future you may need something from them. You never know, so just accept every moment in your life as perfect. Because at the end of the day all we have is this exact moment, right here.

Acceptance Challenge: Today just begin to take notice of all the times you want to run away from a situation, notice what you focus on changing and what you think should be different. Just take notice of these things. You can write them down or take a moment and ponder the things you so desperately want to change... really think about why you want to change it, how you want to change and then realize how exhausting it is to do this, especially when in most situations there isn't much you can do and really all you end up doing is frustrating yourself. Now take that same situation and allow it to just be. Accept it for what it is, with love, and then let it go. Take notice if there is more productive outcome taking time trying to change everything right now or to relax and let things be as they are and when things are meant to change they will!