ffect has been extremely difficult for me to do. I am a very strong-minded person; it is very hard for me to accept the views of other people. Every person in my family is always right all the time. We all have trouble admitting to being wrong. The first step of practicing acceptance and the last step of practicing defenselessness are the most difficult for me. In many situations in the past I have gotten into heated arguments with people whose view differed from mine, and I also get defensive when people say that I am wrong. I always defend my views because I do not want to seem like I do not know what I am talking about. I have been doing my best to follow these steps. Now when people disagree with me I listen to their views and accept that they feel differently than I do. When people question my views I do not get defensive I just tell them that they have their own views and that I have my own. Through this law I have learned and seen that when I do not accept other people's views that I am just hurting myself by struggling with them. After I accept situations and things for what they are I accept responsibility for my actions in these situations. I can now see that in what may first appear to be a problem is an opportunity in disguise. For example, me failing the financial accounting course that I am taking at first seems to be a big problem in that it is bringing down my grades and that I had previously thought that I wanted to become an accountant. But after practicing this law I have realized that it is a blessing in disguise because it has enabled me to see that becoming an account is not the best career for me. Failing this course is forcing me look at other possible occupations that I could have and that I will be much happier in. Me practicing defenselessness has changed me a great deal. In remaining open to different points of view and listening to others instead of defending myself I have seen and learned ...
