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April 1974

Carrying the Message

The other side of acceptance

With typical morose thinking, I associated "acceptance" only with the accepting of things awful, terrible, painful, or, at the very least, uncomfortable. What nonsense! These things, of course, are part of acceptance. But what about accepting love, challenge, opportunity, release from restrictions and compulsions, good health, sanity, etc.? Is it not equally important to accept, in the true sense, these positive aspects of the new way of life? I think so--now.

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