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Stop Resisting and Practice Acceptance

To many, acceptance means to comply; to give in, or put up with things that shouldn’t, quote-on-quote, be “accepted”. I use to be on of…

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Joe Gibson
Oct 30, 2024
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To many, acceptance means to comply; to give in, or put up with things that shouldn’t, quote-on-quote, be “accepted”. I use to be on of these people. “Why should I accept my circumstance for what they are?”, I’d argue. I didn’t want to accept it. In my eyes, acceptance would mean I’d suddenly have to like my current situa…

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