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Originally Posted by eternomi  IMO, a lot of people equate acceptance with no action and submission. Acceptance is necessary to get past denial, but it does not mean you should get stuck where you are. Life is about change, growth and moving forward and acceptance is a very necessary piece. It is the first step of change, growth and moving forward. However, most people practice acceptance this way: "Yup. That's it. That's me. This is how it is and there is nothing I can do about it!" whereas it should really stop at "Yup. That's it" and then go to "What can I do about it? How do I change it?". Most people never make the leap to asking questions which will help them turn things around. |
Yeah I totally agree, the way I like to look at is is that you not only accept the present and the past, but you accept change and the malleable future. So you accept all that exists, including the fact that change is real and people are meant to grow.
An accepting person will still try to change things, but he approaches both failure and success with the same attitude.