{"id":2946,"date":"2013-04-29T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T21:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2013-04-29T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T21:00:03","slug":"acceptance-is-the-key-to-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=2946","title":{"rendered":"Acceptance is the key to Peace. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

To be at peace is my goal. \u00a0It’s my intention. \u00a0I’ve even decided to adopt it as my mission statement. \u00a0I WANT TO LIVE AN INTENTIONALLY PEACEFUL LIFE WHICH REQUIRES THAT I OFFER THE HAND OF PEACE TO MY FELLOW TRAVELERS.<\/strong> \u00a0I was with some women at lunch today and the idea of a mission statement for ourselves came up. \u00a0Each of us felt a kinship with the idea. \u00a0Living haphazardly, as many of us did in the past, is no longer appealing. \u00a0Maturation makes the difference, I think. \u00a0But so does the decision to live more selflessly count. \u00a0Getting up every morning with an eagerness about where the day’s events might take us is exhilarating. \u00a0Passively waiting to see what might<\/em> <\/strong>happen has lost its luster. \u00a0But there is a very fine line between “laying back,” and moving into the imagined opportunity.<\/p>\n

Now don’t get me wrong. \u00a0I don’t want my life to be so minutely planned that I will never “veer off course.” \u00a0Stepping “off the path” on occasion is no doubt good for us. \u00a0It can sharpen our skills of observation. \u00a0Being too tightly wound<\/em>, as some might describe us, defeats the purpose of living intentionally moment by moment. \u00a0Unexpected opportunities should be acknowledged and at least occasionally taken advantage of. \u00a0In those instances, we most likely will be off course for a time. \u00a0But returning to our mission, with new insights, benefits not only our life but the lives of those people we share the path with.<\/p>\n

What my nearly 74 years of living has shown me is that simply, and intentionally, accepting the unchangeable is the least painful way of moving forward in life. \u00a0There are always aspects that can be changed but those fall into one category only: they are the attitudes, behaviors, and opinions that I hold that can be changed. \u00a0I hated this notion initially. \u00a0I was sure that others’ behavior, if changed, would promise me the peace I sought. \u00a0Perhaps that might happen, in fact. \u00a0However, I can’t make someone else change. \u00a0No part of someone else can I change. \u00a0Once we completely understand this, we will celebrate it. \u00a0It removes the burden of someone else’s life off our shoulders. \u00a0Being in charge of the behaviors or the opinions of any one else feels like living in more than one body at a time. \u00a0It’s exhausting. \u00a0It’s unfulfilling. \u00a0It breeds chaos. \u00a0Never the peace we so dearly deserve.<\/p>\n

What’s your intention for the rest of your life? \u00a0Today is as good a day as any to write your mission statement. \u00a0Wouldn’t you agree?<\/p>\n

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