Acceptance – Self-Empowering
Practicing the art of acceptance in your interactions with others can help you to develop a peaceful mind-set. When you are in disagreement with others, your sense of frustration might come from your inability to change the situation or the person’s point of view.
Releasing your wish to control or change people or situations can be incredibly empowering, because you, then, realize that your inner peace does not depend on anything, but, your own state of being. When you release your inner struggles and focus on accepting what ‘IS,’ your frustration will melt away and inner peace with take its place.
Understanding that you can only change yourself, you can let go of your expectations about others and instead focus on yourself. Avoid being attached to anything, even your life. Your life is only that which runs through you – right now. In focusing on yourself you will see that you can shift your thoughts, thus, your feelings and your approach, which will change what, ‘IS.’
Although, you will be unable to avoid all conflict or tension completely, you could ease your frustration by gaining control of your emotions. When you step back and disengage from your emotions, you will be able to remain calm when interacting with others. You can also focus on projecting an attitude of acceptance for the people and situations you encounter. By letting go of your expectations – i.e. the way you think things need to be, you can allow circumstances and people to remain as they are and your stress level dissipates accordingly.
By: Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD
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Filed under Improvement by on Sep 4th, 2010. 