"There is nothing I can do about that," is another paradox. If we say it in resignation, then nothing gets done about that. However, if we say it in acceptance, then the door to possibilities opens. For it is in the acceptance of our powerlessness that God is invited to do his thing. Just another step in learning to trust that God does indeed have our back.
As long as we're resigned to the fact that there is nothing we can do about it, the more hopeless we feel. Because at that point we allow it to mean that there is nothing that can be done about it. Big difference in the reality.
Resignation translates into feeling we're stuck forever with this awful situation; acceptance means, "We can't, God can, let's work with him and see what happens."
I'm guessing the process always starts out with the feeling of resignation, hopelessness. Which sets up our will to win, but, as with any defect that we sincerely want to be rid of, the harder we try to rid ourselves of it, the larger it looms. Pay anything 100% attention, negative or not, and it is going to grow...and the more negative the attention, the more warped the growth.
Unfortunately, we seem to have been taught early on that admitting that there is nothing we can do about something, anything, is a sign of weakness...why, you can do anything you want to do, just set your mind to it, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. (Personally, I've always liked "If at first you don't succeed, quit, don't be an ass about it," but there's no God in that now is there.)
The fact is that we must try to "do something about it," but it is knowing when to let go that maturity, or spiritual insight, comes in. Maturity is knowing when to move on, I'm told. I believe real maturity comes wrapped in love and laughter, a.k.a., God.
Thank You.
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