Acceptance and Will

[fr33d0m]

I should clarify that at the time, we were the only three in the office. I know how I feel about it. I know that I acted out of love for BOTH of the individuals involved, even though I really didn't take time to think things through, I just acted. They could have chosen to ignore me and to continue their fight. They could have injured me! But they both decided to stop, and each one thanked me later for stepping in.

I'd like to hear other's thoughts, on this, too. Or if anyone else has examples to share.

Nice job, sister! That's my thought about it! Gutsy! Back to the original question of the post:

Acceptance to me is going with the flow, until something doesn't feel right. Once things feel right again, back to acceptance.

Example: remember back to middle school. Early teen years. to be different is suicide. fit in at all costs, wear cool clothes, say cool things, we all remember the picture. So a girl writes on the chalkboard before class starts "Mr. Such-and-Such is a dork" but she used his real name. I went from acceptance, beaming love around the classroom, you know the gig, to feeling that this might actually hurt the teachers feelings. I don't want him to hurt. Without any thought, action moved me out of acceptance, I went in front of the whole class as everyone stared at me, and I erased the offensive message. Then I took my seat, the teacher came in, and he never found out. And she never wrote another mean message.

If someone is hurting, hungry, attacked, etc and I get that feeling in me, then the accepting kind of gets interrupted by this perception of some degree of suffering, and my desire to alleviate the suffering takes over.