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Old Sep 30, 2011, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge View Post
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?
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.
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