• Holding on to your own expectations. When you refuse to let go of the way you want or expect things to be, you cannot accept them the way they are and then move forward from that point. • Stuck in the if onlys. You cannot accept thing s as they are if you are continuing to review the past in an attempt to make them different than they are now. • Comparing yourself to others. This is a roadblock to accepting yourself and your life. When your focus is on comparing yourself to others, you will continue to be dissatisfied with yourself and your life for the wrong reasons. • Denial. The purpose of denial is to prevent you from having to deal with things as they are. It serves a protective function at first, but when it goes on for too long, it becomes unhealthy. Denial doesnt lead to acceptance because it denies reality. • Self-pity and martyrdom. When you respond to life by feeling sorry for yourself, you accept things as they are but with an ulterior motive: It is to act like a victim and a martyr who is suffering and has no choices. • Lack of trust in God. The ultimate test in life is to face life on lifes terms-the good and the bad-and still trust God actively regardless of your circumstances. If you dont accept what is, you cant choose to trust God in the midst of it. Trust leads to courage and acceptance takes courage. When you let go of your expectations, your if onlys, your comparisons, your denial, your self-pity, your martyrdom, and your distrust of God, you will be able to accept the things you cannot change and then find the courage to change the things you can.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:46:01 +0000
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