In this episode, Keith and guest host Tim, talk about how accepting life’s circumstances just as they are, can create space for a person to choose how they respond in life. Far to often, people react to situations, rather than respond to them. Understanding the power of choice, the guys provide insight on how each of us can learn to choose it too.

Tim’s Reference:
“Of course there is no formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.” ~Arthur Rubinstein

Sometimes you’re an observer of other people’s lives and you think you’ll never experience what they’re living, whether it’s a positive or negative situation. You think, “That will never happen to me.” Part of the real beauty of life is that it’s unpredictable. Nothing is permanent, everything changes; and of course, a lot of things can happen that will transform who you are and have an impact on your life. The problem is that we need to cultivate the ability to truly accept whatever comes and embrace it.

Deepak’s Chopra’s The 7 Laws of Spiritual Success dedicates one complete chapter (Law #4) to how we need to receive with open arms what happens to us, because if we fight and resist it, we are generating a lot of turbulence in our minds. He explains that we might want things to be different in the future, but in the present moment we need to accept things as they are.