The Great Acceptance

When I asked to first marry my wife, my father-in-law didn’t object and instead taught me the Serenity Prayer. <blockquote> God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference </blockquote> ~ Winnifred Crane Wygal/Reinhold Niebuhr I always joked about his prayer revelation as being his way of warning me about marriage or specifically marrying his daughter. Nevertheless, those verses became a powerful tool in transformation. It’s a Western approach to the Tao, the natural path of things. What are the things we have to accept? Our age, our ethnicity, our circumstances and generally speaking the fact that we are at this point on this journey. So what if we’re not like this person or living life like that person. You’ll be surprised by the illusions people create. Firstly, it’s none of our business. It’s a distraction. Your business is all about you and those around you and in your care. What are the things we can change? Our mindset, our routine, our thoughts, our diets, our education and so forth. Whether we like it or not, we can’t change or control everything. I personally ran on thread mill chasing a carrot on stick for years hoping I would grasp it. The closer I got and I thought that I was about to grab it, circumstances created more distance and widen the gap from where I reached. Argh! I would often become disheartened and question if this was my path when these setback occurred. <a href="https://medium.com/@saleemjkhan_49200/the-great-acceptance-7c0c9c1aef7f">Visit Now</a>