ACCEPTANCE!
Just about last night, I came across this post on Instagram " Everyone teaches us to say No, but no one teaches us to accept no " That is so true. But there was only one thought that crossed my mind while reading that...can acceptance really be taught? Or do we learn it with real-time experience, having been through a failure, a break-up, a non-promotion, a rejection? Why do we fear failure? Why do we fear rejection? Why is it that we are on a constant quest to just get what we desire? Why can't we simply accept things the way they are? Has it ever occurred to you, I'm going in for an exam and, if I fail that exam, what would my next strategy be? Or is it just the usual, I have given my 100%, rest is luck? Or I am gonna get this. We all are taught to be optimistic, right? But has anyone ever questioned that we might be losing out on what's real while chasing that optimism, and in ways weakening our power to accept things the way they are? So, most of...