~ ACCEPTANCE ~

A reply to a request, here is another excerpt from my book. I hope it helps you:

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Acceptance


Approval, Liking, Consent


To accept a weakness you rather close your eyes to, is one of the hardest things to do. But the thing is, because all opinions are completely subjective and unique, there are no real strengths and weaknesses, only different point of views and different conditions. The Earth is turning 360 degrees, just like life and love. Each degree makes up a specific reality, a unique way of looking on life from that perspective. Yet, the sun shines for all of us, wherever we live without exception. Be that light. That is acceptance.


Example
As a shaman I have been granted a hypersensitivity to other people’s energies and Mother Nature’s. That means for example that I always know when someone dear to me is about to become ill or be in trouble, like when my ex-live in boyfriend’s father had a heart attack. He and I hadn’t spoken for over a year since our break-up, but I suddenly felt a snakelike twist in my stomach and an emerging urge to call him so I did, as we are still good friends. He felt a huge relief when he heard my voice, trembling with fright and not knowing who he could turn to at that very moment. Same goes for the sinking of Estonia, the 9/11, when a close friend of mine, pregnant at the time, went into the emergency room with an extreme high fever, when my Grandmother died and many more… Even lesser things like people’s projected thoughts, rejections or attractions I often pick up in the same moment they are sent out, even if it is on a distance and I am not communicating with the person at the time. These kind of psychic abilities have been hard for me to accept, as it often scares others and I am not sure what to do with the information I pick up. Many people watch TV-shows like “Medium” and find it cool, but my sensitivity has never been a conscious choice and I have often felt like an outsider because of it, in past times. But when I did accept that this is indeed my path, I could raise above my insecurities and use it as a source for the greater good.

One night, as I was randomly surfing the web on a common Swedish site for news and blogs in 2007, I suddenly had a dark sensation of someone getting ready to commit suicide. My eyes soon caught an updated blogs headline and I clicked on it. Behind it, was a 18-year old girl with eating disorder, an alcoholic father and a complete loss of faith. We started chatting and I soon understood this cry for help was real. I investigated her real name and address just in case, lit some candles and started to say prayers silently as I continued to comment and chat with her. As we said good-byes, I continued to stay up and pray for her, now together with others that I rallied. The morning after she was still there and we kept in contact for about a year; where I saw her turn her life around, ask for help, receiving some, struggle but yet find new courage to live. I then understood the necessity of sharing our darkest thoughts and experiences as that can help others and what a blessing for me it was to feel needed by someone else.

All of us have sides we don’t like. That is probably exactly why we have them, in order for us to gently learn how to accept the very imperfection of being human and that we don’t need to be perfect in order to love and be loved. Accepting one’s shortcomings put you in a state where you either let them be or can change them into something better, where it also becomes increasingly easier to accept others’. They will only become another perspective, another angle where light can reach in.

To accept is to dare to see what is real.


Exercise

What don’t you accept about yourself?

What do you need in order for you to be more accepting?

What can you learn from other people’s annoyances?

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