Awareness & Acceptance

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.” - 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏

The hardest thing to do when everything seems to be falling apart is to practice acceptance. It is hard to accept that your husband sought another woman instead of you. It is hard to accept that your marriage is falling apart. It is hard to accept that all the dreams that you created around your relationship has been reduced to ashes.

It was also hard to believe that you are alone. A single mother with children. Sometimes you try so much to keep the status quo, to have things the way they were or the way that you wish them to be, that you are reduced to begging, nagging, and engaging in other self-destructive activities.

You may not like the situation that you find yourself in, but you can choose to accept it. Accept that your partner is who he is. Accept that you are by yourself, a single mother with no support from your ex. Accept that things did not go the way you had hoped.

Accept also that people will not understand your situation and that you may lose not just a husband or partner, but also friends that you shared.

As hard as it is to accept, it is still the best thing to do, practice acceptance. You can choose to accept your situation even if you feel that it is an injustice that is being done to you.

Life is too short to keep walking on eggshells

Life is too short to impose limitations on yourself

Life is too short to sweat the small stuff

Life is too short to do nothing

Life is too short to try to please everybody

Life is too short to use blame, shame or guilt

“𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.”― 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒌 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒂