Accepting

“Because we cannot accept the truth… we suffer.”

Shunryu Suzuki

Definitions:

• The ability to recognize something true as being true
• The ability to acknowledge a difficult reality
• Tending to regard different types of people and ways of life with tolerance (Merriam-Webster)

Vices:

• Excess: Gullibility, foolishness, the acceptance of untrue things as being true
• Deficit: Close-mindedness, stubbornness, the inability to accept true things as true

Example:

Not receiving a promotion you felt you deserved but continuing to work hard at your job

Related virtues: Equanimity, Humility, Recollected, Serenity, Wisdom