Up: [[Accept Reality]] Created: 2022-12-15 > [!Orbit] [[Marion Woodman]] in *Addiction to Perfection* > Nothing can change until we accept what is. (p.161) This is related to [[Being Better Than You Are]] because it’s about the problem that always striving to be better than we are means we’re never here in the present, which is the only place where change can happen. It's so important to stay in the day! It’s also a good reminder that the psychological opposite of idealism is cynicism, and accepting what is (realism) protects us against the cynicism that often prevents change because we’re convinced that the effort is useless.