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"This wonderful gray of acceptance resides between the extremes of black and white thinking; looking for serenity, explore the gray. Part of that acceptance is understanding that life is hard and involves life and death. Part of that acceptance is that I am responsible for my actions."
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"You can't escape the existential suffering of life as long as you are living. So get used to it."
"Your skin is your skin. Your legs are your legs. Your hair is your hair. Your smile is your smile. Your past is your past. You can waste your life hating these things, but you may as well learn to accept them. Both routes are difficult and full of pain, but with acceptance, you will be happy one day, while with hatred, you never will."
"Until I realize that it's all I gift, I can hold all of it and yet receive none of it."
"Don't resent a woman for who she is not, love her for who she is."
"Accept yourself in a way you are created."
"You'll see so much more beauty in the world if you can accept that there is good in every little thing around you."
"You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them."
"You are too blessed to be worrying about your imperfections. Your original self is perfect in God's eyes, and His opinions will always matter the most."
"Life is all I have, it is enough!"
"Grains of sand will only flow with the winds, Kenton, never against them."
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"Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds."
"In order for a person to be able to 'turn our lives and our wills over requires something very difficult for a spiritually wounded person to accomplish - Trust. Yet, to accomplish this step, trust of the spirit must be present."
"Acceptance is the most beautiful word in any language; this beautiful concept can only exist when you allow other people to be who they are and do not imprison them with your definition of what is right, proper, correct, or other limiting criteria. Decreasing the black and white in your thinking allows for an expansive area of gray, allowing you to live your life and others to live there life. Acceptance sets us all free! This simple change of thought creates a wonderful space for happiness to thrive."
"Is God like the Greek god, Zeus, sending down lightning bolts to cause catastrophic events? Does God decree when tragic or untimely deaths occur? Does God have a list and when your time is up, you die? Is it 'God's will these events happen? On the other hand, do tragic events happen because of laws of nature or the law of averages?"
"This is what we desire in intimate relationships but this deep connection is often so frightful that most do not take advantage of the opportunities presented for honesty."
"With improved coping skills forged through my midlife crisis, I now listen first and do not control, and I allow these now adult children to come to their own conclusions about what they want for their lives."
"To be free to roam our own consciousness and be responsible for ourselves, a letting go process is required. We have to let go of how others define us; what damaging messages remain from childhood; how others define our relationship with the creator; and what expectations they may have for us."
"The more dysfunctional, the more some family members seek to control the behavior of others."
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