Acceptance can be connected to feelings of loneliness, because let’s face it we all have to be alone at some point in our lives. There are things we can’t control, like people coming and going in our lives. Acceptance defined (short version) is receiving what is given. So why is that so hard to do?
Because it’s about how we perceive it and what we tell ourselves about that acceptance. So if we say we accept what has happened and yet we see it as a bad thing and think of the gloom and doom it brings us in the future, that will certainly create loneliness. And this can cause one to feel as if they have no hope. Acceptance doesn’t mean we have to like it. Our brains and our egos are always trying to get us to a place where we can be happy.
However, there is a place of complete contentment in each moment. If we can learn to stop the story telling, or at least ignore the story our brain is making up to protect us. After all, that is what the brain does, the brain works to protect us from everything, including ourselves.
One practice you can begin is to start shifting your thoughts from loneliness to acceptance is by acknowledging and being aware of your thoughts. Are you continuing to fight acceptance or hope for it? Ask your higher power to show you some strength, show you that this does not mean that you are empty. Maybe you just need to turn your gaze in a new and different direction.
When we help someone else or contribute to something, just a small act can empower us and touch that place in us that knows that we are not just our job. That knows that we have value beyond what we have attached ourselves to, and that can be enough spark to get you to want to do more.
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