接受 Accept

四年前人生驟變時，我領悟了這個道理。任何強求及私心的期待都沒用。接受與了解才是重點。

到頭來: 意念來來去去，人與人之間的關係來來去去，痛苦來來去去。

我察覺到，我若是死命地抓住我以為我想要和需要的那些事，必定會走向痛苦。

如今我找到了平和的心， 去放下執念，去接受所有人事物原本的樣貌。

— Marci Shimoff

I understood this quote from that life-changing event four years ago. Any forced and selfish expectations won’t lead to any gain. Accept and understand is the way.

The bottom line is this: thoughts come and go, relationships come and go, pain comes and goes. I’ve discovered that clinging to my stories about what I think I want and need is a surefire recipe for suffering. Today I’ve come to a place of real peacefulness, of letting go and accepting things as being just what they are and nothing more.

—Marci Shimoff