The Promise

APPENDIX 1

Summary

• Own our reactions (we can then view our reaction and the trigger separately and paccept both)
• ‘Accept for now’ every uncomfortable feeling, without exception (fully experience and accept it)
• Paccept what is (our circumstances) at every opportunity
• Recognise we and others were doing our best (the only thing we could have done) given our awareness at the time, so paccept it
• We/they are still responsible for our actions, but that only impacts what happens now and in the future
• Paccept ourselves totally as we are (recognise we couldn’t possibly have been different right now), at the same time as seeking to develop
• Try to understand the other person’s perspective
• Take responsibility for, and exercise our power to choose, the way ...