ACCEPTANCE
In earlier editions of Alcoholics Anonymous, the "Big Book" of the 12-step program, page 449 had a wide following for its wisdom about acceptance.
"Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today," it says in part. "When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation – some fact of my life – is unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment."