acceptance

At some point in our lives, we may need to recognize the need to accept ourselves and who we truly are. It feels like the calm waters of tranquility, but it doesn’t happen suddenly. It could take a lifetime, but there are so many that are restless with underlying currents of dissatisfaction. Others still need to explore who they are on this journey. They are looking for the roaring rapids, the wonderful waterfalls and the stormy seas to find their way and journey to where they want to be. Are we at peace where we are?

Not that we don’t stop growing in wisdom, creativity, knowledge; but we have to accept the fact that we can get to that place of understanding and accepting what we have become. We assume that people have to go through pain to change, but that’s not always necessary. Some people just choose to make the changes in their lives in a positive approach, like ripples on the water. Others notice that there’s something different with us when we do change. We see the sun’s reflection on the water and smile at what we see. Others are still in murky waters.

When we accept our potential and know that we have gifts and talents that are different from others, we can accept that as our purpose and act on them. To feel alive and let life take on a deeper meaning, we must go beyond the surface to experience a deeper meaning. You see, there’s always more sky beyond the cloud; there’s more water beneath the surface and there’s more me than just the physical self.

Jonah and the whale is a story of self-acceptance. God didn’t let Jonah get away with ignoring his calling. After sitting in the belly of the whale, Jonah realized that he had much more potential to fulfill. Does it matter how we got to this place in our lives? Perhaps, but more often, it matters with accepting who we are, where we are on this river of life and what we are going to start doing now to fulfill our potential. God always has lessons for us. He teaches us wave by wave on the seas of life. You just need to get in the boat and let the Master of the waves guide you.

For it is:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that;
a little here, a little there.”

Isaiah 28:10