You know how aggravating it is when you hope something will go differently, and time after time, it doesn't?

I totally understand.

There have been so many instances in my life where my little flicker of hope doesn't get extinguished, regardless of what does or doesn't happen. And while I do love having hope, sometimes I am tempted to snuff it out.

Why? Because as long as that hope is still flickering, I stand a chance of getting hurt, of being disappointed - again.

But did you know there is something that can actually help with that? This thing called "Radical Acceptance."

Now hear me out. "Radical Acceptance" doesn't mean you like what you're accepting. It just means that you have accepted the situation as it is, or a person as they are, and because of that, you feel less angst. The weight on your shoulders and heart is less - the "radical acceptance" becomes about you giving yourself a break about things that aren't within your ability to control.

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