could not even pray, but that's ok. Sometimes things don't go our way, but God has his plans. Learning acceptance is not giving up faith. It's accepting yourself for who you are. When you do that you learn the higher meaning and what He has installed for you. All the best and God bless! :) I think this is a great article to help people in these times of troubled economy, lack of care, fear etc. People are holding on so desperately to things in their life for fear they'll lose a part of themselves -- jobs, home etc. but if it causes stress it doesn't make sense. Stress only leads to personal unhappiness and global malaise. Thanks for your article, I will share it with my tweeters and fb firends I give up a lot on problems I don't really care about solving, and so far they always magically solved themselves. My mom is always really good at pressing me to take action. Often times I don't listen and don't take action and stuff works itself out, even if it's a day later than my mom would've wanted. It makes me much more peaceful anyway, which I think is more valuable. Great post, really great timing when I read it. I've personally given up chasing someone elses dream of becoming a doctor to pursue the things I'm actually passionate about. If I'd seen stuff like this in high school, who knows, maybe I would have been doing what mattered