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I was just listening to someone on YouTube, she was talking about acceptance. I noticed that I found myself in non-acceptance these days, leaving me exhausted... I will speak to myself too here... You cannot change the world by not accepting, wanting to change the world and people their way of living according to your way of doing of what you think is right. We see people, and some of them were highly respected by us, making different choices, and having different opinions. As we have OUR right to BE how we are, including our own opinions, so they have the right to choose their way of being. It may sadden us, for we wish them something better in their lives, but we have to accept their choice. However, when it comes to them pushing and wanting you to get into the swamp too, you can only lead by example and by saying no. Showing your boundaries, your discernment, and live according to your own way of living, how it feels right to you. When we see someone else being dragged into the swamp, we can tell this person not to do it, explaining our way of thinking, but it's up to them to make up their mind. We have to let them make their own decisions, the freedom of choice. As WE have the right to make our own choices.

I noticed that I was going against a lot of things, wanting, needing, demanding almost others to change because I thought I would feel safer. It will sadden our hearts to watch highly respected people taking different roads than ours, making their own mistakes, but perhaps this is their path, as we have our own path to walk on. So these days I will focus on radical acceptance, for the way I am, with all my good and not so good things. And I accept my eldest daughter with her flares and irritation of wanting to have a constant clean and organised house despite it never really is. πŸ˜‚ (this is one of my items πŸ˜…). Because I need rest, and the drive to order my house will come effortlessly without feeling pushed to do it when I feel good again. So, here we show our boundaries and acceptance of others how and where they are. Damn... What a life. Much love to you Abby and readers πŸ’ž

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Thank you, Abby! So glad I make you feel better πŸ€—

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