Maybe if I could bear my life as it is for one day, for one hour, for one minute, I could forget my wish to be something else
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Accepting the present briefly reduces the desire for change.
- In plain terms
- Tolerating now helps stop wishing for elsewhere.
- What can you take from it?
- Brief acceptance lessens restlessness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What stops you from accepting now?
- Is wanting more always bad?
Another view
Acceptance shouldn't justify staying in harmful situations.
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