On… Worry
Worry is resistance. It is us saying to the universe, I do not trust what is coming, I don’t like it, and so I will fight it in my mind before it even arrives. That mental fighting is exhausting. And it rarely changes the outcome.
On… Mindfulness
Mindfulness helps with what I call “healthy detachment” – which is the ability to consistently recognize that we are not our thoughts – that our thoughts are products of our mind that often deceive us, because we automatically believe and trust our thoughts. It’s kind of exciting when you recognize that you are not your thoughts. When you can recognize that you don’t have to take in all your thoughts as 100 percent factual.
On… Acceptance
Acceptance is realizing that we are limited in changing others. Acceptance is recognizing that life will often throw us something unexpected. Acceptance is also self-acceptance that includes awareness of our limitations, our faults, our flaws, our mistakes, along with the opposite: and that is being able to see our strengths, our accomplishments and the good that is within us. The strengths and positive aspects of ourselves is often what we minimize or overlook.