Acceptance

Acceptance is the hardest thing to do when confronted with traumatic experiences, no matter how difficult.

It is, however, one of the best skills to hone. Once you accept the facts whether good, bad, or otherwise, you can better effectuate change.

For instance, in my situation, the facts are crystal clear. The father of my children has broken the law by:

1. taking my son from me and refusing to return him,

2. denying our son of his human rights and rights to due to process,

3. exploiting our son out of his financial safety net, and

4. violating our rights to live free from interference.

Acceptance has helped me identify the way out of our trauma: to hold his father to account and ensure he makes amends.

Say to yourself “it is what it is”. I promise acceptance will provide you with the clarity you need to move ahead in a positive direction.