“Acceptance says "True this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me."”

“Often God has to shut a door in our face so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.”

“I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.”

“In rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.”

“So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it greater understanding growing compassion came to me.”

“Acceptance says "True this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me."”

“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”