Acceptance is an action you practice (sometimes daily), after you have done the work to set boundaries and implement change where it is needed.
The act of acceptance surrenders the fight to change someone. Acceptance is the posture of openness to what is.
It’s like when you peel an orange. When you decide to eat an orange, let’s be honest, you are making a commitment to sticky hands and perhaps an orange juice squirt in the eye every so often. Choosing to eat an orange, is choosing to accept that it won’t be a clean endeavor; it is the expectation that it will be messy, but worth it.
Certainly, this does not mean that you expect and accept that the orange (your relationship) will stain your hands, make irreparable damage, or take off a limb in the experience. If this is happening, it is not a place for acceptance, instead it is a signal to return to boundaries and healthy relationship conversations.
But if you have done your work, it is time for acceptance. It is time to accept the messy parts because you have decided it is worth it.
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I think, too, it’s important to know that you also don’t have to eat the orange lol
With that said, I have difficulty accepting when I should eat the orange and when I should leave it in the fruit basket.