The Book of Joy

live or die. The only thing that kept a person alive was the acceptance of
the reality of one’s existence and the attempt to respond as best one
could. Curiosity about what would happen next, even when she was left
for dead in a pile of bodies, was often all she had to pull herself forward
to the next breath. When we accept what is happening now, we can be
curious about what might happen next.
Acceptance was the final pillar of the mind, and it led us to the first
pillar of the heart: forgiveness. When we accept the present, we can
forgive and release the desire for a different past.