Accepting what is, as some sort of meditative exercise or mindset, does not mean to just ignore unpleasant feelings & situations.
(That would be tragic.)
It means feeling what is there to feel, without reducing, denying, avoiding, or analyzing.
React or not; it doesn't matter.
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If you don't want to be somewhere, you can leave. If you have an obligation that overrules your desire, you can follow that obligation.
There is no need to question all of these things at every stage. Our minds work better without interference. But, no need to avoid questions.
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If you stop *trying* to insert volition into every situation, you will generally find that things go smoothly.
If there is a sense of choosing, that's great. If there isn't, that's also fine.
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Deep down, you know when you are in deep existential turmoil and when you are running a script that tells you it's your job to do such and such.
If you are attuned to that difference in feeling, a lot of situations are easier to handle than if you aren't.
(Except the former)
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This weekend has been extreme existential turmoil for me...ok this year really
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I suggest a trip to Paris.
We don our best hats, find a cafe, some typewriters...
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Even tho I only spent two days there, I will forever be down for a trip to Paris...it was the first place anyone ever spontaneously gendered me female...that gorgeous Frenchwoman in Paris calling me Madam changed my world
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As I recall it, I've only ever been to the airport - which is more or less hell on earth.
Would really like to spend some time in the city proper, someday.
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