Acceptance
We all have, at some time or the other, experienced this simple to preach and yet so difficult to practice- Doctrine of Acceptance. Mentors, preachers, counsellors and well wishers have told us, ' Acceptance is bliss'; Happiness follows Acceptance'; Acceptance is the greatest Healer'; Acceptance of the unacceptable'; 'Acceptance and tolerance and life altering lessons'. We heard to soothe our ears. We let it not enter our souls because we knowingly or unknowingly indulge in self pity and relish it even more when sympathised by acquaintances, close and not so close. But does that dodge our mountain of uncertainty and discomfort even by an inch? It sinks us further. And out of that crowd of sympathisers, if a sensible saviour tries to drag us out of that pit by explaining Acceptance, we would consider it apathetic. Here's the irony. If an X, Y, Z says it, it's apathy but when we say it to ourselves, it HEALS.... And there begins the journey of Acce...