Acceptance is the best stress reducer. When we go with the flow and we are not swimming against the current life will become much more enjoyable and easy.
“Make H”S will your will and He will make your will His will.”(Pirket Avot 2:4)
In Hebrew , the word acceptance is “hashlamah”, from “Shalom” which means to make peace or to be whole. You know you have reached true acceptance of a situation or another person when you don’t hold bitterness, resentment, self pity or anger.
You have been able to reach “hashlamah” when there is no egotistical demand that the situation or the person be different than it is.
A good way to achieve this state of “hashlamah” is to say to yourself every time you are confronted and challenged by a test of G-d is: “if H”S wills things to be this way,then I also will them. I trust G-d 100% and He knows what is best for me. The only choice I have is to act in a higher way.”
This doesn’t mean you are complacent, a person is obliged to always avoid unnecessary suffering and to also not cause suffering to others. However sometimes we are put in a situation that we have no power to change, in this case just go with H”S and will His will and you will see in amazement how everything turns around for the best.
Experts taken from “Nobody is Perfect” by Miriam Adahan handbook
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