In my quest of working on self-acceptance, I am coming to realize that everything I’ve been avioding in life is just a thing in the Universe. Even when I’m in emotional pain I can accept the pain for being just as it is in that moment and let it pass. Nothing is permanent and change is inevitable.

As I’m sitting here writing this, my mind is telling me all kinds of things: “You’re tired. Take a nap. You’re hungry. Go make food. But you don’t want to cook. You’re lazy. You could be outside enjoying the weather. You need a cigarette. Oh wait, you’re trying to quit. Quit on Monday”. It’s endless chatter, and my mind will never be satisfied. There will always be another thing and then another.

The only thing I can do is accept the chatter as thoughts. They are thoughts that will pass. There’s no way to get rid of them. Just let them be and don’t fuel them with more thinking on the thought.

It’s a practice for sure.

Thoughts & emotions are just energies in the body. I don’t need to keep them. I can let them go through me like a wave. My meditation & mindfulness practice helps with this. When I am free of being trapped in thought & emotion, I can then have a clearer perspective on life. Everything is just a thing in the Universe. In the grand scheme of things, nothing in life is that good or that bad… it just is as it is. I can find comfort in that idea. There’s a freedom in that.

So, it’s about acceptance of what is, not what I think should be. I’m not in control. I have very little say. The Universe knows.

Sending love and light, Kel.