The status, the riches, and the glamour. These are the things that the vast majority of us aspire to and devote our limited time on Earth to pursuing. This is the cycle we are in: some people succeed, some people succeed somewhat, and some people fail completely.
I was inspired and realized that life is what we make it after watching the documentary God Grew Tired of Us, a 2006 American documentary film which is available on Youtube and this link watchdocumentaries.com/god-grew-tired-of-us/ about three of the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” a group of approximately 25,000 young men who fled Sudan’s wars since the 1980s, who became a national sensation in the United States and awed the world with their resilience in overcoming their violent and traumatic pasts.
This story of the Lost Boys of Sudan inspires hope and what it means to be accepted in a society that sees you as different and unique in both positive and negative ways. It also teaches us that there are no impediments to reaching our full potential and fulfilling our deepest desires. The issue is not doing what is best for us and our loved ones, but rather how we achieve these goals.
A goal requires a vision, motivation for that vision, and, most importantly, a strategy for achieving that vision. When we succeed, we gather around, pop a bottle of champagne, and toast to our success; when we fail, we tend to look for external factors to blame and simply scream deep within our minds, “it is what it is.”
Many times, we would go to any lengths to win the approval of the people we adore, love, and strive to impress, but have you ever stopped to consider why you want, why it matters, and why you feel the need to be accepted?
In conclusion, it is critical that we consider removing ourselves from the path that we are attempting to lead, examine the stones, thorns, and other obstacles that may be preventing us from reaching our destination, and as a reminder, no matter how appealing the shortcut is, please do not attempt to take it simply because you want to get there. Some take the shortcut simply to get there faster, while others will take the shortcut to overtake others on the journey, even if it means running them down.
what do you think Acceptance is?
BELETNA 
Really inspiring🙏
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I’m glad that you find this piece of article inspiring. As Beletna, we seek to help people become more aware of their mental well-being so that they can become better and more productive in all aspects.
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Well I’d say acceptance is honor of the highest degree of that comes with humility which in itself is a virtue.
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Great analysis Vincent, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
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In response to a question about his missteps, Edison once said, “I have not failed 10,000 times—I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work.” That may or may not be a true statement, the point is that failure, if one is persistent may lead to success.
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That is very true; there can be no success without failure and patience. Viktor Frankl, who had a traumatic experience at the concentration camps during WWII, invented logotherapy, a branch of psychology that asserts that your actions must align with your meaning in life, so that when you’re about to die and look back on all you’ve done in your life, you feel content.
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