What to accept? The correct way

Acceptance is the key to live.
However, there is a correct type of acceptance.

The correct type of acceptance is to accept whatever happened in the past and also whatever is happening in the present but not what will happen in the future.

We do not know what will happen in the future. Therefore, we cannot accept what will happen in the future. We can accept it once it happens, that is, it comes to the present
or will be left in the past.

Generalizing from the past to the future and accepting it is futile. It is a fallacy. It happens sometimes and it doesn't at other times. The only thing we can do for the future is to hope or to believe. We can also want what may happen in the future. Accepting what may
happen in the future is too much. However, being ready to accept is ok.

There is no danger with accepting what happened in the past (assuming you have correct knowledge) unless it leads to the acceptance of the future. For the future, there is a danger with accepting. If we accept negative things in the future, we may actually facilitate them to happen. If we accept positive things in the future, this is a too strong of an expectation. When they do not happen, we will feel disappointed. That is negative by itself and will bring no good or good less than optimal.

Believing is different than acceptance and it is a complex subject. It is out of scope of this article.