Acceptance and Commitment

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night,

and in between he does what he wants to do.”

                                            Bob Dylan

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Here I am

Now

Noticing what I am thinking

Accepting what I am feeling

And doing what I care about,

Anyway

Living in the moment

Not fused to the past

Not fearful of the future

But just being where one is, in the moment

Noticing the person in front of you

Feeling the warmth of the sun

Being awed by the clouds

Accepting that life is full of all kinds of

Joy

And all kinds of pain

Embracing the feelings that come

Without judgement

Saying

“I am having a human experience”

And then

Focused on one’s values

On what is important

On love, and service

On the things that make a difference in people’s live

And living towards one’s values

Doing one act

And then another,

And another

That takes one toward those values

Doing the thing one wants to do

That is how

One finds some peace

At the end of the day

That is how one falls asleep

With

A

Smile