God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
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