I am following Eckhart Tolle on Instagram. Often, I don’t read or watch his posts or reels because I don’t have the time to watch everything. But this caught my attention. When something undesired happens in our lives, what is the first reaction? Probably resistance, desperation, frustration, or resignation? Maybe the first thing is that we shake our heads and sigh deeply. However, I don’t think the first reaction is: “Yes, it’s ok.”

Our thoughts result from all the experiences we have stored in our minds. So, the way we think spontaneously is a reflex. The mind turns into survival mode and instantly opens the files you visited the most in similar situations. In many cases, after a while, we learn to deal with what happened, work through it, and make peace with it. But sometimes, our minds won’t let us go past it, although we know it is useless to keep holding on to it. What is the problem? I dare to say it is because we don’t want to be where we are. But since we are where we are and that happened what happened, we get stuck.

I checked it out in the past, forgot about it again through my increasingly busy life, and now got reminded again – it works! Regardless of what happened, what stressful time you go through, or what worries you, make the conscious decision to accept fully whatever this moment holds for you. Accept it! Say YES! Smile at it, smile at you, and see what happens. You will begin to align instead of trying to separate. You will flow into your situation and embrace it. BECAUSE, with everything you are, you feel that what this moment holds for you is only a situation.

No matter the situation, even when you feel happy, try it out, and you will get to know an inner peace and serenity you have never known before. It not only destresses and calms you, it fills you with energy and joy. It makes you feel unstoppable and enables you to handle the moment healthily. Only when we accept what is can we change what is. As long as we are fighting a situation, we keep ourselves at a distance and, therefore, from solving it.

If you make it a daily practice to sit and accept the moment for what it is – and if it is only for 5 minutes a day – you will experience a difference. Acceptance helps you heal and reinforce your self-esteem and your zest for life. And maybe, at some point, you will react reflexively accepting instead of resisting.

In Love and Light