Acceptance

The question of how to deal effectively with life’s frustrations has been coming up for me recently. I keep in mind the comments of various spiritual leaders that the source of the frustration is our own attachment to some other outcome. As they point out and I have observed, we cause our own frustration by expecting or wishing for some other result, pretty silly. Traffic is a good example. People frequently disobey the standard guidelines of safe driving and I then have a choice of being angry about their behavior or accepting it. Personally, I don’t like the feeling of being angry, I prefer the feeling of accepting and forgiving.