"Acceptance is the opposite of worry, since worry is a struggle against what is real and what is possible. . . . you can practice acceptance by becoming more mindful: staying in the presence, describing rather than judging, and letting go of control.
Knowing your limitations helps you feel more in control. As you give up your frustrating worry and search for answers to unanswerable questions, you begin to surrender control. As you give up the demand for the truth or the answer, you recognize what is here and now - what is in front of you - is the place to start from . . . once you have accepted what is, you can then choose to commit to change. Change does not mean doing what you want to do - in fact it usually means doing what you don't want to do. Change and progress in your life involve successful imperfection and constructive discomfort - doing what you have been avoiding because of your worries."