Radical Acceptance (for things we cannot control)

By Danny W. Pettry II, M.Ed., M.S., LPC, NCC, CTRS-BHS

The Truth: We can’t control a lot of things that happen in our lives.

We have no power over:

• Weather
• Furloughed
• Our aging bodies
• Natural disasters
• Dumped, divorced
• Changes in technology
• The past choices we made
• Rather someone likes us or not
• If other people are rude and mean to us
• If our favorite coffee shop goes out of business
• Who the majority of people vote for and elect to office
• Rather a person will go on a date or decide not to go on a date
• If a person decides to hang up the phone on us or block us on social media.

Fighting the reality of the situation causes additional pain and suffering.

Radical acceptance is a term used to acknowledge the reality of a situation.

It is what it is.  

• There is no more denial.
• We might not like or enjoy it.
• However, we embrace that it’s real.
• Fighting reality causes unneeded pain and suffering.

Doing it the radical acceptance way: It’s raining. Yes. It is raining.

Danny Pettry disclosure: For the record. I often enjoy rainy days. I love to hear rain while sleeping. I enjoy sitting on the porch, drinking coffee and listening to the rain. I love the smell of the rain. Of course – I wouldn’t’ want rain all the time.

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