(08-01-2015, 04:28 PM)Aion Wrote: I am still really trying to understand acceptance as an internal mechanism. Is that just being able to let something be without wanting or trying to change it?
I don't think so. I think it is not resisting what is, then going from there. For instance, you are out of work because you got fired. Instead of railing against the injustice, and telling your story a thousand times, just say, okay, here I am. I don't have a job. What can I do about that now? Or, I'm a man and I m really short. Why was I born like this? It makes me suffer and has hurt my self-esteem and I want to be taller. But what's true about being a short man? That all women want tall guys? That all women think short guys are unattractive? The answer of course is, no. So, instead of railing against something that just IS, stop resisting what is, and work on your self-image and self-esteem, find your own clothing style, develop your own look unique to you.