Most of us would agree that change is a good thing – positive change, that is. And yet, for all that we complain of feeling “stuck”, what’s keeping us from the change we want?
One potential reason: We refuse to accept our immediate reality. Now I’m not speaking here of “accepting” it as good or bad, right or wrong, etc. I’m talking about acceptance as a non-judgmental realization of what actually is; not what we think we’re thinking, but what we are actually doing.
The value of honest acceptance is extreme: If you even moderately defy the facts of your present reality – your actual “doing” patterns – then you are effectively holding yourself hostage to those patterns, and you will remain powerless to change your conditions.
On the other hand, if you can find the courage, strength, or whatever else you need to accept your present reality as-is, then it immediately becomes entirely within your power to make changes to it or preserve it – as you wish. The choice is within your capabilities right now.