Acceptance, too, often feels like resignation to us, especially when we are young, ambitious, and determined. I can’t just give up! I want to fight! You know you’re not the only one who has to accept things you don’t necessarily like, right? It’s part of the human condition. If someone we knew took traffic signals personally, we would judge them insane. If we met someone who was fighting gravity or the sunset, we’d pity them. Life deals us unavoidable, inalterable things. It tells us to come to a stop here. Or that some intersection is blocked or that a particular road has been rerouted
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