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 %ACCEPTANCE VS APPROVAL REJECTION DENIAL COLLUSION 880910

The  acceptance of a person or fact does not in  and
of itself entail the approval of all aspects of the person
or   fact.    Acceptance entails  acknowledgement  of  the
reality of that which is accepted.   To refuse to accept a
person or fact usually involves some  form  of pretense or
denial:   A   pretense  that  the person or  fact  is  not
authentic.     A   denial  that  the  person  or  fact  is
significant.   Participation in  a collusion  according to
which  the  person  or  fact  does  not  merit  attention,
consideration, respect, or status as real.

We  do  not  need  to decide  between  approval  and
disapproval of each person or fact.  Accepting a person or
fact   is  not  related  to  approving  or   disapproving.
Acceptance  does not have to do with passing any  kind  of
judgment.    Judgments are not required of  us  regarding
each person or fact.   Accepting a person or fact does not
have  to do with making a judgment about that  person  or
fact.    We  do not have to know enough  to  make  correct
judgments  before we can properly accept a person or fact.
Acceptance  is  a matter of fact  acknowledgement  of  the
reality of the person or fact as present to us. Acceptance
is  the  opposite of rejection,  denial,   pretense,   and
repression.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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