Acceptance.Spiritual guide and Catholic priest Father Anthony de Mello, S.J. integrated Eastern and Western traditions. His wisdom on dealing with change: "Acceptance and resignation are not identical. Balzac once said, 'Those who resort to self-resignation are the unfortunate people who consummate To carry into completion; to fulfill; to accomplish. A Common-Law Marriage is consummated when the parties live in a manner intended to bring about public recognition of their relationship as Husband and Wife. their misfortune.' "Acceptance is quite different. I accept the reality but try to change what can be changed. If the reality can't be changed, then I use the misfortune in order to grow. "Remember the Serenity Prayer The Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitled prayer written by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1930s or early 1940s. History and text Original version by Reinhold Niebuhr : 'God grant me the serenity to change the things I can, the courage to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.' "The resigner shrugs his shoulders and says, 'That's the way the ball bounces Bounces is a 1985 sports/fighting game released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Points are scored by catching and throwing the bouncing ball into a goal, or by knocking the opponent out with the ball or hand-to-hand combat. .' This is a form of denial, avoidance. Don't go around it, under it, over it, or avoid it by denial, dulling the pain with alcohol, drugs, or useless activity. What's needed is more like grieving grieving Mourning, see there : One must 'lean into the pain' while getting on with life." (From Praying Naked, by Francis Stroud stroud n. A coarse woolen cloth or blanket. [After Stroud, an urban district of southwest-central England.] , S.J., Image Books) |
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