{"id":2345,"date":"2012-02-15T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T18:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2012-02-12T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T18:42:09","slug":"acceptance-is-the-answer-to-all-my-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"Acceptance is the answer to all my problems. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am recommitting to this idea, paraphrased from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, because, frankly, I keep forgetting that my lack of acceptance is the root of my “dis-ease.” \u00a0I read a passage from a related spiritual book this morning that ever so gently reminded me that when I am judging, thus not embracing the soul standing before me, I am caught in the clutches of separation which is the hallmark of my disease. \u00a0Perhaps your disease too. \u00a0My emotional health and spiritual well being demand that I embrace our Oneness<\/strong>. \u00a0Embrace it within the only moment that exists: Now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Life need not be as hard as we make it. \u00a0I have discovered that it’s not that hard, in fact, with the loved ones who simply pass through our lives, perhaps even daily. Where it gets hard is with those who don’t pass through but live in our lives<\/strong>, daily. My teachers, I call them. \u00a0And that’s why they are there. \u00a0I have been told that life is like a classroom. \u00a0We are students. \u00a0And teachers. \u00a0The curriculum is love. \u00a0And forgiveness. And acceptance. Of ourselves as well as others.<\/p>\n

I have also been told that I chose these teachers. \u00a0That I “signed up” for these lessons. \u00a0I have chosen to believe in this possibility because it makes the experiences, particularly the ones that were traumatizing, more palatable.<\/p>\n

Having the daily intention of expressing only love and forgiveness and acceptance is a good beginning, I think. \u00a0I know I need to make the intention, and hold to it. \u00a0Even after all these decades on this spiritual path I can get way off course. \u00a0And because I have been focusing too much on the future and on my work scheduled in the future, I have forgotten the only thing that really matters: this moment and love for the people who are sharing this moment with me.<\/p>\n

Having to recommit to this intention every day isn’t a bad thing. \u00a0In fact, it keeps my dream for the better life fresh in my mind. \u00a0I am feeling lucky that my journey has introduced me to this option for the easier life. \u00a0It took tough times to get here but the pay-off is worth it. \u00a0It promises that my primary loved ones will receive the love and the acceptance they are so deserving of. \u00a0And those who were deserving of forgiveness have received that too.<\/p>\n

There is a better way. \u00a0And we are traveling that better way. \u00a0Praise be to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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