ACCEPTANCE

It's Tuesday - and that means...

Time for this week's link up with Karen Beth for Tuesday @ Ten where we have a full week to write on the word prompt.

This week's word is:

ACCEPTANCE 

First, a look at the definition of acceptance from dictionary.com:

{noun}

1.    the act of taking or receiving something offered.

2.

favorable reception; approval; favor.

3.

the act of assenting or believing:

acceptance of a theory.

4.

the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable.

My first thought when I saw today's word was...

The Serenity Prayer:

Oh, to be able to accept things in this way!  Not exactly the way I usually look at it...

My inclination is to question why?!  To want to know why it happened "to me", and what I will do now that things have changed -

things that we cannot control...

such as losing your job - and you're already "too old" according to many employers.

So, serenity...

to accept...

the things I cannot change!

Looking back...

{I find myself doing a lot of that lately!}

I really did like my job; my co-workers (most of them!); my commute wasn't that bad; the hours were great - and no weekend work!

But, things have changed...

they changed the day I was told, "We are letting you go."

So, I accepted it because I couldn't change it!  But, I was't happy about it.  I was not serene (calm/not worried); oh, I definitely was worried!

But, eventually I learned to let it go...

...to let go of what I could not change...

to accept the fact that my life would be taking a new direction...

one that, as I look back once more, is a far better one than it was those last few years I was working.

And, I have faith that God will guide my path the remainder of my journey.

It won't always be easy; I won't always look to Him for guidance, as I know I should...

but in my heart I know He will be there for me;

as He was then,

as He is now,

and as He will be in my future!

ACCEPTANCE...