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Accepting the Unacceptable
What do you do when you’re faced with circumstances you don’t like that are out of your control?
That seems like the million dollar question right now, doesn’t it, my friend?
Psychology and philosophy would tell us that acceptance is the answer.
But how do you accept things that seem truly unacceptable?
How Do You Want to Meet This Moment?
My oldest nephew, K, graduated with honors from college this month. As I attended his graduation ceremony, I was blown away by the commencement speaker.
Executive Dean Dr. Albert Bimper is the kind of speaker I aspire to be. His words made me bristle, punched me in the gut, and moved me to tears… all in the span of about 15 minutes.
As is the hallmark of a truly great speaker, his words have stuck with me. The question he posed to the new graduates has continued to reverberate through my mind, so now I pose it to you:
Why Are We Trying to Solve Sad?
If I’m being honest, it’s a point of pride when I say I practice what I preach. For the most part, it’s pretty easy. That’s not a brag. It’s just that I’ve been doing this kind of work for eons.
You can’t talk to people day in and day out about how our minds lie and distort things, about how anxiety doesn’t usually mean danger (just new or uncertain), and about how important it is to live your values despite whatever inside ick shows up, without internalizing those messages.
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