Today’s value topic is acceptance. This is a really interesting one for changemakers. Because how do you go about changing the world and fully except yourself and others? One of the difficult aspects of the human experience is this notion of separateness, that we feel set apart and isolated. The value of acceptance is that it allows you to love others and lifts them out of their feeling of separateness. Don't you just hate it when someone comes to you and says, “You shouldn't feel this way." Because, DUH, I already do. A tip for when someone comes to you and shares how they feel. Start your reply with "I see" or "I hear that you feel _____" Reflect back their experience so you can validate that what they are feeling is true for them. It is their reality. Radical acceptance happens before radical change.