Acceptance
Acceptance
Original post written on
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2013
By: Gina Yoryet Roman
There are many things I can forsake without any problem. Unlike the ones in my highly important list: my abc’s: “Spirituality, work and business ethics, family, heath and fitness, charity work, reading, playing with words, reflecting and embracing the simplicity of life...”
One of the meant to be listed above is not mentioned yet as I was playing with, and making some changes to my blog with a friend yesterday (I want to make it more lively to reflect Gina Yoryet more). ‘Family,’ is one of the greatest gifts one can get from life, a huge part of life’s meaning, are sisters.
On June sixteenth, my youngest sister’s birthday, I posted
‘Sisters are Beloved Angels,’ This post reflects different quotes about sisters, one of the prettiest quotes was this one: “But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.” By: Adriana Trigiani, an American novelist, television writer, producer and film director.
The other day the first thing I noticed just when I was about to post I noticed this talented and successful woman’s comment!
1 comment:
Adriana Trigiani said...
Thanks for including my quote, sister!
Have a good summer!
Xoxo Adriana
Have a good summer!
Xoxo Adriana
I am still very flattered to know that my blog was noticed by such important woman because I have never been an acclaimed writer. My love for writing was developed long ago but I still feel like a babe in the woods. On the other hand, many doors have opened thanks to that love. Regardless of that, it would be a great opportunity to meet Adriana one day sooner rather than later.
Going back to one of my abc’s: Family and sisters are a fundamental in my life, they give me a daily shot of hope and strength to keep looking up. We contact each other daily whether it is by phone, email, skype, instant message or through other means of communication.
Right before I got going with this post, I was sitting idle and blank minded in front of the computer until I started conversing conversing with LR, my youngest sister through email.
I expressed to her that as of lately I’ve felt a little emotional, like there’s something missing in my life. In reality there’s not a single motive: I have a wonderful family, things are looking up professionally wise, there are many wonderful people in my life who are very fond of me, I am part of F. S. S. P. , I have accomplished all the goals I’ve set every time I’ve had to start from the bottom, I have the opportunity to do volunteer work when time and other circumstances allow me, I have the talent to write and play with words (not everyone has it), and countless other blessings.
Part of it has to do with not being 100% recovered post surgery and being at my fitness level prior to that. I told my sister that I feel that I am not living by my own standards because my body has changed. I accept that part of this may have to do with vanity but most of it has to do with one of the things on my abc’s list: Health and fitness. She responded like this:
“Anything you cannot cure, you must learn to endure.”
“Anything you cannot change, you must learn to accept.”
We have to learn but more than anything accept that aging brings upon a lot of physical changes. We have to embrace our body for what it has endured, and avoid focusing on the outer shell because all of the aspect withers throughout time.
I am in complete accordance with her advice and I don’t expect to look the way I did when I was twenty. My main concern is my physical wellness and not feel pain for once and for all.
Acceptance comes into play in every aspect of life. When I was younger, even up to four or five years ago, I had the tendency to agonize of why some things happened and some didn’t. My angle on that is different now. I will never be able to narrow down the why of that and other things but through finding acceptance I find contentment, through contentment, I find peace, through peace, I find the love I am surrounded with by those friends who care about me and my sisters who have been there for me through and through, through ups and downs, through black and white, through good and bad...
“Sometimes you gotta ACCEPT the fact that certain things will NEVER go back to how they used to be.”
“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future.”
Fulton Oursler
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
–Reinhold Niebuhr
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