The Art of Acceptance

 Hello again! I hope you’ve had a wonderful day 2 of quarantine and washed your hands frequently! Today, being the second of my vowed 21 posts, I thought it’s time we get serious.

Acceptance, (speaking psychology) is a person’s ability to treating events, which is an outcome of the previous chain of events, as an overall best outcome. Sounds simple, but it is one of the many things’ humans haven’t taken in easily.

The activities we do are either due to an incentive or a result of previous ones. Either way around, we often associate the outcomes with reasons that may or may not exist at all. 

 Let us say you're in a new circle where almost everyone is good at something except you.To fit in, you participate in the upcoming events that are not really your type. Though you know you'll fail, you tend to expand your boundaries. That is a good sign. But finding reasons after you have failed, though you already knew the outcome, is not a healthy habit; one must learn to accept his failure and move on.

Acceptance is hard. But what art isn’t? Accepting that you’ve not met what others expect of you; accepting that you’ve finally completed something;  accepting that your judgment is incorrect; accepting that what has gone will never come back, and accepting the fact, that even if something does come back, it may not be for good; we all have had our own pitfalls and peak streaks. But, what differs is how we move on. Some people take it easy, while the rest do it the hard way. 

This art of Acceptance is what will clash with your attitude throughout high school, and thereafter. If you've mastered it, then poof! Half of your problems will be solved. Because you're ready to accept your failures, you accept your mistakes, and you are ready to accept whatever is thrown at you in the game of life. I had a tough time accepting my reality and moving forward. I think this is something we don’t actually talk about, but something that needs to be admitted, if life is all about moving on.

So, for the time’s sake, accept the fact that by staying at home you are actually helping to stop the spread of the virus. Let me know in the comments what (truth/reality/whatever you want to call it) accepting today. Every small change makes a big difference! And don’t forget to wash your hands 😊