Acceptance

 

The imperative Lockdown has compelled most of us with a window of time to indulge in self-talk. Upon observing further it is found most of the times, people engage in negative self-talk and keep running in loops. They are not being able to take criticism nor a compliment.

At times they end up self-sabotaging opportunities. It is almost as if they are hard-wired to not accept themselves, leading to assumed roles being played out. The tragic part here is that we are unable to form real human relationships, communicate authentically or live to our fullest. We are never too certain about ourselves nor about others. This very state of uncertainty is a hurdle between our desire to live authentically.
So, what does it mean to live authentically?

To have certainty. The extent of certainty that enables us to be accepting of our true self. This kind of deep acceptance allows us to live wide open as we truly are.

It means to be open, to be vulnerable, to be courageous, to be as inquisitive as a child and to let go as easily as a child. To be empty. To allow any experience, good or bad to arise and fall as and how it should, without trying to hold it, resist it or even understand and yet being alright even if you find yourself resisting and holding.

To realise that acceptance isn’t passive but empowering that by allowing everything we cannot be held by anything.

It’s about learning not to turn away from what is painful, and instead, turning toward your suffering to live a life full of meaning and purpose. This is what Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (or ACT) is all about, and it is at the core of what we call psychological flexibility: The ability to accept our pain and live life as we desire, with our pain when there is pain.

We can transform our lives by seeking not to eradicate our difficult thoughts and emotions, or numb them away, but to cultivate psychological flexibility, which allows us to accept them for what they are and not let them rule our lives.

It is what we do with the challenges that matter, and determines the means to live in a way that is richly meaningful to us, despite even the hardest of life’s challenges.

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