How Acceptance Helps You Navigate Through Some of the Life’s Biggest Challenges

Life is like a roller coaster with several ups and downs, turns and twists, and you never know what life presents to you in the next moment. It can present you with opportunities, or it can give you pain. That’s what life is. It will always be uncertain, and uncertainty is the only thing that never changes in life.

Whatever situations and challenges life presents, how we react to them is up to us. We cannot always control the situation, but we always have control over how we respond to it.

Life isn’t about what happens to us; life is about how we respond to what happens to us. — Rodney Burton

Life can be a fun ride sometimes, and it can seem unfair at other times. There will be problems, situations and circumstances that are beyond your control. You may be able to deal with some of these problems and challenges. But sometimes, we face problems and situations that seem unfair and impossible to deal with. We cannot bear it and may feel frustrated and hopeless in these situations. We do not see any way out or any other option. And that’s where acceptance comes into place.

Acceptance is the only option when you run out of options. — Ritesh Ramrakhyani

Sometimes, life can present situations that blow away and shatter all your dreams and desires in one shot. Everything changes in a moment. The bright, sunny day suddenly changes into a dark, never-ending night, and you feel helpless and miserable. You may also sometimes question why this happened to me, and you may also doubt the existence of God. But it’s all normal, and that’s how life works.

There can be situations like the loss of loved ones, diagnosis of a chronic illness, going through a tough divorce or break-up, losing the job, an accident that affects you badly, etc. There can be many such situations and challenges where you can’t do anything about it, as it was never in your control. Resisting or fighting such situations will lead you nowhere. And hence, acceptance becomes the key.

In such situations, only acceptance helps. Acceptance does not mean that you are happy about it, but it enables you to acknowledge the problem, contemplate what has happened and deal with it positively. You can’t change the situation, but acceptance will help you embrace and heal. Acceptance will play the role of light and help you see things further. It will help you to deal with the situation and find the way out of the dark tunnel. Acceptance helps you in the process of healing and moving forward with it. Accept it, heal it and grow with it.