Acceptance

I like to say people from an Eastern spiritual paradigm have a huge head start on most of us that were indoctrinated in the Western spiritual paradigm (praying, having faith, hoping that it will come to pass, bargaining, weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, and more praying, throw in some fasting, tithing, or hail maries and you get what you want) when it comes to acceptance. Acceptance is the key to finding peace in the present moment. How long did I live my life unhappy about the way it was going, about what had happened to me or what I had done or said? And frankly, even though I have accepted (lol) acceptance as my road to peace,  I still get angry some times about "stuff". But I am very quick to identify these negative mood states, identify the thought or belief that triggered them, and get back to Loving What Is.