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lynn P. · Nov 04, 2009, 12:35 PM

Giving up the hope of living my life depression free, (pain free, anxiety free) has released me to accept and enjoy what IS. What is here right now that I can take pleasure from or that will give me meaning in my life this moment

Wow (((Pomegranate))) that was a very eloquent post. I especially like what you said here about acceptance and living in the moment. When you think of it, this is all any of us have - is this moment. There's no doubt that it's hard living in physical or especially emotional pain but resisting it, makes it more difficult. Even with a headache for example - if we allow ourselves to tense up, it only gets worse. Self acceptance enables the person to move on and deal with their pain. Pining for change only makes the person suffer more. You're so right about how we learn important life lessons when we go through hard times -that's also when we grow and become better people. When we're happy and things are going great we don't learn anything. Isn't it ironic that we only appreciate the good times when we are experiencing bad times - which brings us back to appreciating this MOMENT right now. I bet that any terminal cancer patient would love to go back to their past- even if it wasn't the best to have another chance. We need to be grateful for what we have because it could be worse. Thanks Pom