Who has not heard of the expression: what we resist persists? This is an abbreviation of psychologist Carl Jung's viewpoint that “what you resist not only persists but will grow in size.” 

Persisting thoughts are actually perfect teachers, and signals from our body  trying to alert us that ‘an important something’ is needing our attention and we can no longer continue the way we have been doing. Pushing these thoughts down will only temporarily bury them. It's our responsibility to investigate and acknowledge them so we can then generate more effective coping strategies.

Life is all about balance especially in times of contrast, no light without dark. Sometimes we have to be the change, and sometimes we have to accept what we cannot change and move positively and balanced forward within the framework when the framework is not budging. Pick your battles wisely, it may be better to stop fighting, trying to crush the obstacle, and create flow within and around the obstacle instead.

In this basic Attention and Accepting Mindfulness practice (starting at '3.25), we are going to connect with ourselves, relax, and create mind space. It's the first step to recognize the signals, allowing an opportunity to choose change.