Most of us would agree that change is a good thing \u2013 positive change, that is. And yet, for all that we complain of feeling \u201cstuck\u201d, what’s keeping us from the change we want?<\/p>\n
One potential reason: We refuse to accept<\/i> our immediate reality. Now I\u2019m not speaking here of \u201caccepting\u201d it as good or bad, right or wrong, etc. I\u2019m talking about acceptance as a non-judgmental realization of what actually is<\/b>; not what we think we’re thinking, but what we are actually doing<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The value of honest<\/i> acceptance is extreme: If you even moderately defy the facts of your present reality \u2013 your actual \u201cdoing\u201d patterns \u2013 then you are effectively holding yourself hostage to those patterns, and you will remain powerless to change your conditions.<\/p>\n
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 \u2013 as you wish. The choice is within your capabilities right now.<\/p>\n
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