Posted by Dinah on March 16, 2005, at 17:19:37
In reply to Ability to make peace with things, posted by pinkeye on March 16, 2005, at 12:40:03
I'm relatively good at that, but I still have more than my share of troubles in general. Accepting things that won't change, deciding if they're worthwhile as they are, and then lowering expectations is my specialty. And I think I do it with relatively good grace.
However, there do seem to be people who cause themselves a lot of pain by continuing to expect things that never will be. I'm sure it's worthwhile to learn to accept what is.
But then, you want to make sure you don't accept too easily and miss opportunities to change what can be changed.
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