#117 Acceptance (Quality 3)

     "Acceptance = Open to seeing and acknowledging things as they are in the present moment; acceptance does not mean passivity or resignation, rather a clearer understanding of the present so one can more effectively respond."

       Cardaciotto L. Assessing Mindfulness: The Development of a Bi-Dimensional Measure of Awareness and Acceptance. PhD Thesis, Drexel University, 2005.

dspace.library.drexel.edu/retrieve/4264/Cardaciotto_LeeAnn.pdf

     This is it. As Jon Kabat-Zinn says, "wherever you go, there you are"! Acceptance works; all the variants of avoidance simply do not work in the long run. The scientific literature solidly supports this.
     Life is workable - we are up to the task - and we can learn to do it wisely.

Excellent guided mindfulness meditation - focusing on Acceptance - Part 1 (~8min)

Part 2 (~9min)