Acceptance

What is acceptance?

It comes from the root word 'accept' which has 6 different meanings according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. What's the meaning then?
--> to receive WILLINGLY
--> to give ADMITTANCE to or APPROVAL to
--> to ENDURE without protest or reaction
--> to agree to undertake RESPONSIBILITY
--> to assume an OBLIGATION to pay
--> to receive OFFICIALLY

Putting together the words in bold, ACCEPTANCE is...WILLINGLY, ADMITTANCE/APPROVAL, ENDURANCE, RESPONSIBILITY, OBLIGATION and OFFICIALLY.

It is so difficult these days for people to accept and more personal, for one to accept. Looking from an individual viewpoint, acceptance of self is very much important. Acceptance on how we look, on how we think, how we behave, how we rationalize, how we make decisions, and the list goes on. Without acceptance, it's difficult to love one self.

From the outside perspective, it is the same. We should accept how others look, how they think, how they behave, how they rationalize, etc. Although we may disagree at times on certain aspects, but it is who they are.

We don't only define people by how the look and so on..but more importantly, they are who they are. Their makings are shaped by historical and family background, the past events, the influences. But beneath all that, they are still them.

Why is it so difficult for acceptance to exist in this era? Even in grieving, from a psychology theory, acceptance is the final stage out of 5 stages of grieving. That shows how long the journey to acceptance is..yet, important in coping with grieve effectively.

The same applies in everyone's life. In our dealings with people, before accepting people, we have to accept others. But what if we have accept ourselves, yet others do not accept us? The outcome is depends on the results of that outcome. If one still doesn't mind bout others not accepting us, then that is just wonderful. But if one minds bout others not accepting us, then, obviously that person's self acceptance is not strong enough to overcome other's acceptance towards ourselves.

Complicated. That's what I like to do best. Yet, not many people understands that. In my whole life, acceptance only comes from our family. They accept us no matter what. To extend that out to friends..yea right, they are mostly just fakes. I admit that most of the time, I try to accept my friends for who they truly are, but often, misunderstandings and conflicts happen, which just sucks.

Nothing is real any more at this moment of my life. A person's true makings is always hidden with other intentions. True acceptance will never be found in this world. True acceptance can only be found in Him. An experience I personally went through, yet, still struggling to grasp it in.

What a world..without true acceptance.