“If it can't be solved, then it is not a problem, but it is a fact of life that I need to embrace or accept. It is stressful to try to solve or change things that are not changeable.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 57
In other words
A problem invites a solution. A fact of life asks for acceptance. Confusing the two can spend thought and strength on changing something that no action can move.
Acceptance does not mean liking the fact or calling its pain unimportant. It ends the struggle against its existence. That release makes room for grief, adjustment, and attention to the choices that still remain.
The distinction can lift a heavy load. Real problems receive more useful focus because the unchangeable is no longer competing for solutions. Peace does not come from solving everything. Some of it comes from knowing which part of reality can be worked on and which part must be carried.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
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