President Barack Obama 2009 Inauguration and Address

Self Acceptance

Self Acceptance

ACCEPTANCE

Sometimes, when we are down, we worry too much, and we don’t know what to do. We don’t know how to cope with problems. Sometimes we have no chance to change anything. We feel that everything in our life is out of our control, out of our own power. We don’t know how to cope with uncertainty and overwhelming challenges. We are stuck, not knowing where to go and what to do. How do we deal with such a situation? How do we cope?

There is way out of the blues! Our mental response is very powerful tool. If we can not change something, we can change the way we think about it. Understanding what can be done and what can’t be done is the only right way to deal with adversity. We have a choice. There is always a choice. A choice to accept reality and uncertainty, or a choice to sit down and worry forever.

Ask and You Shall Receive

Ask and You Shall Receive

The only way to learn what you can get is by asking for what you want

“Ask and you shall receive. Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened unto you.” These words of Christ express a natural law; mainly, the world responds to those who ask. Percy Ross (1917 ~ 2001) describes this profound fact in more playful terms, “The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes.” If we only knew what we’re not receiving because we’re not asking, we’d surely change our behaviour.

Those of us who are married or in relationships are so because we ASKED the person of our dreams to share their life with us. So, inherently, we all know that we can realize our dreams merely by asking. And yet, after finding their mate and job, many people stop asking. As a result, they stop receiving. Their dreams are vaporized. Their progress halted. Their happiness stunted.

Why do we stop asking? Mainly because we’re afraid the person we’re asking will say no. Marcia Martin explains why such a notion is foolish: “What I point out to people is that it’s silly to be afraid that you’re not going to get what you want if you ask. Because you are already not getting what you want. They always laugh about that because they realize it’s so true. Without asking you already have failed, you already have nothing. What are you afraid of? You’re afraid of getting what you already have! It’s ridiculous! Who cares if you don’t get it when you ask for it, because, before you ask for it, you don’t have it anyway. So there’s really nothing to be afraid of.”