{"id":1187,"date":"2016-03-30T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2016-03-27T17:53:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T23:53:48","slug":"will-you-accept-or-except","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2016\/03\/will-you-accept-or-except\/","title":{"rendered":"Will You Accept or Except?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Theme for the Week of March 28:<br>\n<\/strong><strong>Identify Yourself With What You Want<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Affirmation:\u00a0 We see a world in which individuals rediscover their<br>\npersonal power\u00a0to create an individual life that works<br>\nwithin a life that works for everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you see yourself accepting something before you physically have it in your possession? Or, do you wish you had something, but don\u2019t see how it\u2019s possible to have it? Why do we disbelieve we can acquire the very things we desire?<\/p>\n<p>Actually, there are number of reasons. Here\u2019s just a few; they are all based on \u201cI\u2019d have\/do that, except \u2026 \u201c<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2026 I don\u2019t deserve it.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026 I haven\u2019t worked hard enough for it.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026 other people will think I\u2019m trying to show off.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026 our family just doesn\u2019t do that.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026 only rich people can afford that.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026 I\u2019m too old to be thinking I could pull that off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list continues and you probably have at least of few of your own. I do! But here\u2019s a favorite quote by Richard Bach from his book, \u201cIllusions,\u201d that always brings me back to the Truth:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/257\/2016\/03\/28A-Argue-for-Limitations.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1188\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1188\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/257\/2016\/03\/28A-Argue-for-Limitations.jpg\" alt=\"28A - Argue for Limitations\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s absolutely amazing just how hard we can fight for our limitations, isn\u2019t it? The universe can only respond to what we believe, not just what we say. If someone says they want to get married, but turns around and spouts off a litany of reasons why that\u2019s not going to happen, where do you think the energy is directed?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you engage in this sort of self-defeating, self-fulling prophesying about your inability to have a life worth living then do yourself and everyone around you a favor:\u00a0 Just don\u2019t bother wanting anything. Just give up. That\u2019s right. GIVE UP!<\/p>\n<p>Do those comments upset you? Good. They\u2019re meant to jar us out of a victim consciousness to an attitude of gratitude, acceptance and empowerment. We can all benefit in some area of our lives by deciding to be sick and tired of being sick and tired.<\/p>\n<p>This whole week over at the Facebook\u00ae page for Spirit, Mind and Body Foundation I\u2019ll be publishing ideas about acceptance. I hope we can further clarify how we can better work <em>with <\/em>the universe instead of <em>against <\/em>it. Will you join me?<\/p>\n<p>In Spirit, Truth and Playfulness,<br>\nTerry<\/p>\n<p>#DrTerryMakingSense<br>\n#TheGlobalVision<br>\n#AWorldThatWorksForEveryone<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme for the Week of March 28: Identify Yourself With What You Want Affirmation:\u00a0 We see a world in which individuals rediscover their personal power\u00a0to create an individual life that works within a life that works for everyone. Do you see yourself accepting something before you physically have it in your possession? 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