Is it me or is this week going extremely fast. I can not believe that it's Wednesday already. I'm currently writing this on my way home from the Bloggers Love Fashion Week event (I will be writing a post about this event next week).
Today's post is about acceptance. Accepting whatever challenges life throws at you.
Acceptance is something that I believe should be taught from a very young age. Simply because of all the benefits it has to offer our lives. Learning to accept things eventually helps to avoid the problems of jealousy, frustration and in some cases depression.
The problem with this topic is that it can get a bit controversial due to the fact that you can't guarantee how someone may react to you telling them to accept something. For example, your friend might tell you that she didn't get her dream job and you may tell her something along the lines of "don't worry about it, you'll find a better one". Your friend will get angry at you but simply because she doesn't realise that you're looking at the bigger picture. She's so fixated on the present, that she can't even realise that what you're saying is the truth. Regardless of whether it's coming from a good place, the other person might dismiss it as being rude or inconsiderate.
Learning to accept things is very important. It's so important that I believe that it can change the way things happen in your life. For example, I got an E for my AS Psychology mock; this wasn't the grade I had wanted but I just had to deal with it. After a while, I realised beating myself up about it wasn't going to change the grade; infact it wasn't going to change anything. I learnt to accept the grade and chose to put in more time to revise for the resit. I recently got the grade for my resist and I got a B. That's 4 grades higher than before. If I didn't learn to accept the E, I would have kept the same attitude towards Psychology and probably get the same result for the resit. The moral of this story is, never let an event define you or bring you down; use that event as a form of motivation to better yourself in that area.
In life, you must learn to accept things not just because it won't change anything but also because it will literally take the weight off your back. All the stress, anger and disappointment; GONE.
Instead of asking yourself "why did this happen to me?" ask yourself "what can I learn from this?". By changing your perspective, you make it easier for yourself to accept whatever is going on.
Let's go back to the example of my Psychology mock. I am now applying the attitude that I had to my resit to my real exams and life. It doesn't matter what happens tomorrow, I will find a way to deal with it. I won't let it bring me down for a long period of time because time is precious and I'll never get that back. It's okay to be upset about something temporarily but staying upset is where the issue begins. Learn to accept the issue and use it to build yourself.
Don't let the event define you, you define the event.
I hope you've liked this post. If you have anything you would like me to post about. Comment down below. I hope you all have a great week. Do something your future self will thank you for.
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See you soon,
Tee xoxo
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