Accept the Unexpected

I am working on acceptance...not just accepting myself and the people in my life for exactly who they are (although that has been a journey unto itself) but accepting of the moment, whatever happens in that space of time. I am learning a lot about this, and frankly I've been a little surprised at what I am discovering for I had this idea that life is supposed to look like I imagined it. I kind of figured that with my new search for peace and purpose, life would be one big crispy potato chip (my apologies to those who enjoy chocolate covered sundae metaphors). The search for acceptance boils down to the here and now...whether things are going the way you would like is pretty much irrelevant to the source of your happiness. At least, that is what is being asked of our acceptance. Life will go this way and that, things are truly out of our control, and the times you can accept it, the times you can be like water and flow through the currents of life, are the times when true peace will be yours. Is this easy to do? Only when you have figured out that it's not so complicated after all, but that could take us a lifetime or one hundred lifetimes. The more we believe we can control the flow of life, the longer we hold on to the illusion that we do not have to "accept" anything, the harder the struggle to live in the here and now. While we live in an ever burgeoning world of complex technology that purports to simplify our existence, remember there is nothing more beautiful than silence, nothing more brilliant than the human body, nothing more satisfying than a moment that offers a glimpse of eternity. It may appear that things are not "going your way" though remember this is a tricky illusion. Once you accept that everything that happens can be and is your way, you will be ever closer to finding true acceptance, to claiming true happiness.

Today, I am going to accept all things that come my way, without judging the experiences as good or bad. How can you practice acceptance in your life?