Acceptance Can Be

Letting go

Cooperation

A gift from God

Finding rest in God

Knowing that God is God

Letting the dead leaves drop

An act of believing or assenting

Letting it rain when it’s raining

Assent to the reality of a situation

Enduring without protest or reaction

Submitting to God’s will for our lives

Recognizing that God is still in control

Receiving with approbation or satisfaction

The serenity to accept the people we cannot change

The serenity to accept the things we cannot change

Having peace about not-great things that have happened to us

The first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune

Embracing the reality of a situation based on trust in God's perfect will and control

Understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it

Choosing to believe that all things will work together for good according to God's purpose

Acknowledging difficult feelings and accompanying thoughts and sitting with them instead of trying to run away from them

Recognizing a process or condition (often a negative or uncomfortable situation) without attempting to change it or protest it