Acceptance

Sometimes life is hard, isn’t it?

The funny thing I find about myself, and perhaps you find the same with yourself, is that I seem to think that it shouldn’t be hard.  It’s like deep somewhere in there, I believe that life really is fair and kind and easy and predictable, and when it’s not these things, I get upset, and I start panicking abut what is wrong in the world… because of course, I am the expert and know full well how things should be.

But what if life is supposed to be hard, and when it gets hard, that’s just proof that things are actually going right?

And I guess that would all lead to acceptance which surely has never been my specialty.  But without acceptance, what do we have?  Endless battles against a world whose desire will always win out?  A constant quest to change people?  A refusal to be happy with ourselves until we achieve everything we believe we should?

Yea, acceptance may not be easy, but perhaps it’s a goal worth pursuing?