Accepting change and impermanence

Everything changes and acceptance of that fact is really important to moving forward in our lives. If we don't accept it we can so easily get stuck.

So, everything is uncertain. Your plans for this evening could fall apart two minutes from now. In fact, your plans for your life could change suddenly. Indeed at the level of feelings, feelings change all the time. You don't just have the same feeling for your whole life.

Moving forward

Accepting impermanence doesn't have to stop you in your tracks.

That's because when you accept uncertainty, you can then work out how to proceed in our uncertain world, instead of being pushed into a corner by fear.

To quote The Buddhist writer. Pema Chödrön, in her book When Things Fall Apart, what you need to do is to make a space in your life for "not knowing." That, she would say, is hugely important.

In my book Acceptance, Create Change and Move Forward, I write that acceptance helps us to recognise when our efforts are no longer useful and to stop.

This isn't a doctrine of despair. It's when you stop in a spirit of acceptance that you can see where you need to go to next.

So in that way, acceptance and impermanence are creative forces.

So try embracing this concept, this basic mindfulness concept of uncertainty as an inherent part of life.

My Easy Mindfulness course can help you to bring mindfulness and acceptance into your own life, easily and at your own pace. It’s an  online course and payment is by donation so it’s affordable to all.