Life brings many twists and turns and sometimes we don't have any choice other than to accept what is in front of us. But what happens when we resist the things we cannot change? The twists and turns get a lot more tumultuous! When we work against life's natural course, we fall out of balance quickly. Accepting the things we cannot change is difficult since we all want life to go "our way." But even when we can't change reality, we can still change how we respond to what happens around us and the meaning we make.
In the past week I faced several universal situations that forced me to accept reality, despite my resistance. I agonized and fought inertia, lost sleep, shed a lot of tears, and even felt angry. Once I started to sink into and accept the things that I couldn't change, I found a freedom within myself. I started to "ride life's ups and downs." This attitude allowed me work with what was actually happening rather than creating my own resistance to a reality that was already in motion.
