"Acceptance doesn't mean

always saying "yes" to everything. 

  

Acceptance is not toleration. 

When we are tolerating, we are pretending to have a "yes"

 when we secretly feel a "no".

We are pretending to accept, in order to appear nice,

or kind, or spiritual, or positive, or in control, or enlightened.
 

In Acceptance, there is no pretense.

 Acceptance means living as a YES to a life

which can include an honest "yes" and an honest "no".

We no longer say "yes" just to please others, or to hide our doubts,

or to give the impression of being decisive or courageous.

We no longer say "no" out of fear or deficiency.
 

Spoken in truth, both a "no" and a "yes" are expressions

of an infinitely bigger YES to life.

The little "no" and the little "yes" become

celebrations

of that limitless and uninterruptible YES that we are..."

  

- Jeff Foster