8. "the things I am accepting"...mindfulness

Introspective thinking... 

This list is a part of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy exercise used in an attempt at personal growth...
I need to clarify the “things I am accepting at this point in life”~ 

I am in the process of accepting _____________?

1. my imperfections
2. being good enough right now…time runs short waiting, thinking a personal change is going to come but then never does
3. worthiness to be loved as is, right this moment…accepting later will not necessarily be better
4. nowness…the moment is the only place life happens…the future does not exist yet, all there is, is the conscious moment
5. the past cannot be changed, forgotten, edited or erased.   It can only be accepted…
6. my physical liabilities and flesh form are what they are.   Things can always be better or worse
7. this journey has determined whom I am and I am no longer resisting who that is…just want to know my spirit and my true nature
8. I am not who I am not or whom I could not be for anyone else who needed me to be something or someone else
9. that Einstein said. "You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.”   I have now learned to accept this thought
10. the solitude of now…I cannot be anywhere but the here and now…change is constant and I will learn to accept when it is change in presence which is the only place life happens
11. that I have done my best even though I have made and will continue to make mistakes
12. accepting that there are many forms of love…Unconditional love is asking for nothing in return
13. accepting certain specific things in my past that can be forgiven but never forgotten…child abuse…unrequited love, accepting the lessons of unreturned love and understanding some lessons were taught that were unkind and not about me even though they affected me dramatically
14. accepting the man in the mirror is who he is …What I am accepting is about no one but me…
15. that letting go of attachment to things is needed
16. excepting that I am misunderstood much of my life but I am done with the remorse realizing it has caused
17. accepting that I do not need to feel guilty because I am known by practically no one living…I own it…I accept I have been worthy to be loved my whole life…Accepting the regret and sorrow that I have not felt loved much, this one will be a work in progress the rest of my days...My journey brought me to this point.   It is my choice to be where I now am in this life...
18. accepting what storms are ragging below the flesh surface...Things like living a life where we are filled with self loathe and disappointment at times....
19. you can never tell a book by the cover
20. nothing is inevitable…neither the next minute, sunrise or sunset or any preconceived outcome...No one knows how much time they have left ~
21. it is never too late to say I'm sorry
22. that I do not understand many things…why bad things happen to good people…
23. why and how we are misunderstood when we try so hard to give and receive understanding...tears happen
24. unrealistic expectations
25. many people are very narcissistic and very unconscious of those around them…That bothered me forever and needs to be accepted as a factor of life that can never be influenced by anything within my control...The only influence I have is on me...
26. this list could go on and on but will end this exercise with accepting it, as is like #1 and #2, knowing acceptance is a process that will always be a work in progress.   Some days 2 steps forward and one back, other days 2 back and 1 forward…others stuck in the moment…But I will always continue, until my last breath, to change the things I can.  Praying for strength and understanding of the things I must accept…