Acceptance and emotional fulfillment: 7 keys to achieve them

Obviously, acceptance and emotional fulfillment don't come out of nowhere; They require work, effort, good intentions, and the willingness to look at ourselves. Emotional fulfillment implies having our thoughts in order, as well as our emotions.

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Keys to reaching emotional fullness

Here are seven factors that emotionally fulfilled people have in common:

1. They know how to say goodbye

People we are usually afraid of changes, to start a new stage. It is natural for us to have a sense of insecurity and fear and even grief at loss, but the be prepared to go through all the stages and from this attitude, it will facilitate reaching the goal of the acceptance.

The first step is to want the change, and the second, to be willing to take the first step. Changes are necessary, and everything begins by observing our thoughts and emotions to select those that we are interested in claiming.

The mind map has many dimensions, and we usually choose only one. But if we keep our mind open, that will allow us to have access to a wide range of possibilities. From there we can choose and nurture the one that most benefits us and allows us to evolve.

Always thinking about the past instead of the present hurts us. It prevents us from freeing ourselves, detaching ourselves and growing. Y plunges us into fear, in an abyss from which I am uneasy that will prevent us from improving.

Emotionally fulfilled people know that life is much better if it is lived freely, repairing our emotional wounds and moving forward from the present.

2. They can look without suffering into their emotional past.

Pain is inevitable and necessary to evolve in our emotional journey but suffering is a choice. Martin Luther once said: "I cannot prevent the birds from flying over my head, but I can prevent them from nesting in my head."

Emotionally fulfilled people know how important it is to live in the present, continue and accept what happened. When we learn from our pain, we move forward and grow.

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3. They are aware of their thoughts and feelings

Emotionally full people are aware of both personal and external thoughts and feelings, focus from the present on realistic solutions, from care, respect, love and inner peace.

This mindset allows them to solve the problems of daily life effectively. They are more resilientThey know that they can and will fall, but they are aware that they are going to get up and become even stronger and more decisive people from learning. They know they will come out of the storm, but changed. They determine that constructive and non-destructive changes will continue to be a part of themselves.

4. Stop complaining

They shift that energy from complaining to finding the best way to start change or acceptance.

Complaining can throw us into dead-end dark rooms. We are largely what we think, and emotionally full people take it into account. They know that if they take a path and it does not give the expected results, it may not be the right one at that moment, with which they will make the decision to get out of that comfort zone and, from humility, rectify and take that other path that will provide you with different and probably more satisfactory results.

5. They can empathize without allowing the emotions of others to affect them

They have the confidence of knowing how to direct their emotions. They are faithful to their actions and this allows them to maintain a more active understanding with their own emotions and those of others. From self-knowledge and acceptance they are more tolerant and will optimize the relationship with themselves as well as with others.

Relationships are the key to emotional balance, the quality of your relationships is what makes life more fulfilling, starting with yourself.

6. They don't blame themselves for failing

Mistakes are the best way to learn. Failure allows us to be tolerant and know how to correct or recognize what other path we need to continue. Mature people accept mistakes, it is a way to innovate.

Also, emotionally full people they don't blame themselves for their limitsrather, they accept them and work to improve. They do not insist that things always go well, every setback can be a good opportunity to grow. Acknowledging the negative emotions we feel is a good rest for the mind.

7. Emotionally open

Maintaining the emotional barrier only makes things difficult. For that reason, it is very important abandon the fear of commitment and through love and self-confidence we will better identify and manage difficulties and experience great results more fully.

Conclution

Fear is naturalIt is a mechanism that the brain has to face threatening situations, but the important thing is not to allow it to paralyze us. It's like the decision to parachute; the first step is crucial, and once you're on the plane about to jump, the first time is almost always implores the instructor that it is better to throw in the towel, but the instructor does not usually "listen" and gives that push so that jump.

Emotional fullness allows you to take charge of life from the most constructive decisions, develop your own vision of the world and strive to achieve the most satisfactory objectives.

The key is to be open to solutions and not closed expectations. Life is very paradoxical and after the storm the sun always appears, you just have to be open to this new light that is yet to come, perhaps being different from expectations. And remember, you are the creator of your mind!