As many of you know, these Wednesday nights are podcasted now, so we are joined internationally

by people around the globe listening, which is really a nice feeling.

And I get interesting correspondence and one of the notes I got from one person who listens

every week.

I didn't write it down exactly what he said, he said, acceptance as it relates to not being

a doormat.

He said, I think, would make a very interesting talk.

At times I struggle with how to react to difficult situations with acceptance, but not being

a doormat.

Thank you.

This is one of a number of emails I've gotten over the years with different questions and

confusion about what does it really mean to accept?

I remember when I was touring a book tour for radical acceptance, we were on the brink

of invading our rack and people were saying radical acceptance, is that mean we just sit

back and let it happen?

Radical acceptance is that mean we don't do what we can to protect our environment.

So what I'd like to do is explore tonight what genuine acceptance means.

What is there's misunderstandings and what's a liberating quality of acceptance?

The kind of acceptance that really frees our hearts.

So that'll be the exploration tonight.

And I'll begin right out front with a bit of a definition, which is that acceptance

is really recognizing the truth of this moment, what's happening right in this moment

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