Power of acceptance

When the world seems to be falling down around you, you can choose to fall down with it or you can choose a more positive path.  Acceptance will put you on that positive path.

Fighting against negativity only produces more negativity.  Yet when you accept what is, no matter how terrible and difficult it may be, you put yourself in a position to start changing it for the better.

Acceptance does not mean giving in or giving up.  It means moving on, as in moving on ahead.  There is simply no point in fighting battles which have already been lost, nor is there any point in allowing the loss to continue to slow you down.  The smart strategy is to accept it and then put all your energy toward a positive pursuit.

Acceptance does not mean allowing others to take advantage of you.  It simply means that you look realistically at what has happened and allow yourself to see the positive opportunities that are most certainly there.

Once you accept what is, you are free to move positively forward.  Once you quit fighting, you are free to start achieving. ♥

Awareness beyond thoughts

Your thoughts and sensations may often dominate your awareness.  Remember, though, that your awareness exists beyond them.

Even when your thoughts are completely calmed, you are still very much aware.  The thoughts and sensations come and go, and behind them all is your ever-present awareness.

The thoughts you have are the thoughts you choose to hold.  They are not you.

Although you may have been stuck in a negative, destructive thought pattern for years or even for decades, you always have the choice of letting it go.  For ultimately, your thoughts do not create you or define you, and they do not have to hold you hostage.

When you know that you do not have to think, then you are free to think whatever you choose.  When you experience your thoughts and sensations as objects flowing through your awareness, then they no longer have the power to hold you back.

Your mind is an enormously powerful tool that is yours to use as you choose.  Cultivate awareness beyond your thoughts, and put all those thoughts to use in a positive, meaningful way.♥