| Our ability to
accept all things, not only our joys but also the sorrows we cannot change, is
what finally gives birth to evenness of mind.
A person with an even mind accepts the unlovable
with the lovable, the disagreeable with the agreeable, without allowing himself
to be disturbed and unbalanced.
A sense of equilibrium comes from accepting the
painful aspects of our lives that are simply a part of everyone's life.
Peace begins when we permit ourselves to admit
and experience our fears, guilt, frustrations, and losses, accepting things as
they are and not as we think they should be.
Changing what we can, and accepting what we
cannot, a sense of evenmindedness grows in us that gives birth to peace.
No longer fighting life, we flow with it.
And somehow, we discover that it becomes our friend. |
