by Merci Gracia | May 23, 2017 | Acceptance
It’s common to believe that people and external circumstances determine our state of well-being. But this reflects a misunderstanding of how life really works. Feeling good about life doesn’t come from our ability to control what happens to us. It...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 29, 2017 | Acceptance
A perfectionist is someone who perseveres and won’t stop until they achieve the result they envision. This characteristic is valuable in situations where attention to detail is important. But, it can be problematic if too much time, energy and resources are...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 18, 2017 | Acceptance, Commitment
How you handle the events of your life defines your life experience. When something unexpected or unwanted happens, you determine how that experience feels to you and whether or not you’ll create a response that serves you. Anxiety, fear and resistance decrease...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 7, 2017 | Acceptance
What if everything that happens to you is exactly what you need — for reasons you can’t appreciate because the benefits are such on a meta level that it’s beyond your ability to comprehend at this moment? What if a grudge you hold is based on a...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 12, 2016 | Acceptance
We all have things in our past that we’d do differently if we had the chance. But we can’t go back and we don’t need to. Our choices and actions were based on the information we had at the time. Judging and regretting history is counter-productive...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 28, 2016 | Acceptance, Tolerance
We often selectively hear what others say. And when we do hear what they say in its entirety, we often misunderstand the meaning. Because we haven’t traveled the same roads that they have, had the same joys, challenges and heartaches, we simply can’t see...