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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
For example, i accept that human nature is fallen and that people will , IDK, push in front of you in traffic instead of letting you go - so in a sense i accept it - but I don't like it - so in a sense I do not accept it.
If I have a physical limitation of some kind, I accept it - there it is - but I suppose it's natural to wish it wasn't so; that's not "accepting" is it?
If I have a psychological difficulty - something in my past which I did and which has left lasting damage on me - I know it, boy do I know it, and if that is acceptance then i accept it; but do I like myself the person who is like that? No. And there's no self acceptance there.
does that make any sense?
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Your first example is about others and we are talking about self acceptance. Your second example is about physical acceptance but there is a deeper core acceptance.
Your last example is right on. And yes, you are not accepting yourself in this example.