Of all the things we can chose to pursue in our lives, acceptance may be one of the hardest.  Accepting who we are, the situation we find ourselves and our circumstances is the hardest when we are driven to create the future that we desire.  But acceptance is not surrender, resignation, nor failure but simply acknowledgement of the situation as it is independent of a desire to change it and the passion to do so.

Accept - then act.  Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.  Always work with it, not against it.  This will miraculously transform your whole life.  Eckhart Tolle

Happiness can only exist in acceptance.  George Orwell

Let go of who you think you are supposed to be and be who you are.  Brené Brown