Through acceptance, we can gain a Universal patience, humility, and compassion.
A french mystic, St Francois de Sales, treated everyone as though they were his
superior. He rejected nobody, and talked with anyone, and gave his full
attention to them.
When asked why he thought like that, he said it was Gods will. While doing
Gods will he was not required to do anything else. It is the centre from
where we start.
This acceptance is our strength, and comes from transcending the self.
When we have acceptance, we are no longer attached to the transitory
things of this world, even the survival of the body.
Jesus advises in the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, we become like a passer- by.
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