Acceptance

Acceptance of the possible bad news is the first step towards meaningful life in spite of it. There are a few different roads to acceptance and a few different ways it can look when you get there – some better than others.

Rachel told me how pondering the unfairness of it all and all the dreams she had to abandon made her furious and that her anger got her nowhere. Expressing her feelings helped, but the more she did that the more exhausted and defeated she became. It was only when she let it all go that she could get the dragon off her back. Not until she accepted that fact that she would never know why could she move on with life,: make new dreams and regain the energy and composure she needed to take full treatment.