Have you ever been gobsmacked by a quote? This happened to me recently when I came across the words of Neville Goddard, long considered the father of the law of attraction. They were packed with potent wisdom:

“Don’t hate where you are while trying to get to where you want to be.”

His words were like a gut punch as I began to think of the many times in my life when I resisted the present moment with all my might.

One of the darkest chapters of my life was when I was battling a life-threatening illness and losing badly. I was bedridden, unable to walk or care for myself. My independence vanished overnight, leaving my spirit broken. I hated the isolation and how my days revolved around illness. I hated the loss of the person I used to be. Most of all, I hated the hating.

I was so busy resisting everything in my life that I didn’t realize how I was holding in place the very thing I wanted to let go of the most. Resistance is a trap. The more we resist what is, the more we anchor ourselves in it.

Hating where we are doesn’t heal us. It binds us to the pain.

We may long for change, but longing alone won’t carry us to freedom. Acceptance will. Acceptance isn’t about loving your circumstances. It’s about letting go of the fight against those circumstances when the act of fighting is causing more harm than good and preventing you from moving forward.

It’s finding the still point in the storm, the place where you stop pushing and start breathing, allowing yourself the space to dream of, and to create, a new future.

A powerful shift takes place when we stop asking, “Why is this happening to me?” and start asking, “How is this happening for me?”

Accept where you are and begin where you are.

Here are some of my favorite tips to help you move from resistance to letting go:

1. Pause and acknowledge: Take a moment to name something in your life that you’ve been resisting or resenting. Say it out loud. Be honest with yourself. If you’re not sure, pay attention to how you feel on the inside when you think of a current life situation. Does it bring up positive or negative energy?
2. Gentle acceptance: Be open to gently accepting what’s happening while acknowledging, “This is where I am right now, and that’s OK.” You don’t have to love it. You just have to stop fighting against it. Remember, reality always wins. The trick is learning to create a new reality.
3. Envision Your Life Forward: From this place of acceptance, visualize where you want to go. Let that future version of you guide your next step — not with urgency, but with clarity, compassion, and purpose.

The most powerful changes in life begin not with resistance, but in acceptance. When we meet ourselves with gentleness, openness and kindness instead of judgment, we open the door to powerful transformation and possibility.

Acceptance doesn’t mean we approve of our circumstances. It means we stop giving them power over us. It’s the moment we step out of the storm and into the eye — to witness, to breathe, to begin again

So, this week try this radical act of Moxie: Begin where you are. You just might find that acceptance is the first step toward becoming everything you’ve always desired to be.