Can you accept the things going on in your life right now?
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Acceptance is a wonderful thing especially when it comes to life and the things within it. When I say acceptance I plainly mean, things you can deal with mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially.
Let me give you an example.
Say you work at an office job. The commute is too long and you always make it right on time due to traffic. Your desk isn’t far away from your co-worker who has to make a joke every morning about your getting there by the skin of your teeth. You do your job throughout the day, and then you head home on another long commute. However, the money is good and the experiences you get are better.
The question becomes, can you accept this scenario? Can you accept a long commute to make good money and have the occasional great experience? If you can, approach it with enjoyment instead of angst. If you can’t accept the scenario, you may want to think of an exit strategy.
You may find the only thing you can’t accept about this scenario is the co-worker who annoyingly makes jokes about your arrival time. In that case, firmly let them know you’re not okay with the jokes and need them to stop. Or you may no longer accept the commute, so it’s time to search for a closer job or an alternative with the same company like working from home. Another version of this scenario would be you want to work from home on your own business but accept you need this job to fund that dream.
We all have things going on in our lives that we have to do or feel we have to be part of for one reason or another. Doing whatever because we feel we have no other choices stirs up things in our shadow. Before we know it, we resent the job, the commute, and the co-worker, which makes for misery 5 days a week.
Take an inventory of the people, places, things, and situations in your life in order to answer this question. Being able to definitively say, you accept this or don’t accept that will help you to shape your life in the way you truly desire.
The formula is simple: If you can accept it, approach it with enjoyment. If you cannot accept it, you must remove it or yourself from the situation.
Have fun with this question. You will see very quickly who and what you need as well as what you don’t.
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