Acceptance and Resistance

Been thinking of these two words for a couple of day. We accept and resist things every minute of every day. In our own tiny worlds we accept what we think is good and resist what we think is bad. But here's the deal. I wonder if we really know which is which. Maybe, sometimes, yes. But I truly feel like we accept things sometimes because they are easy, thus appearing good and we resist other things because they are hard and seem bad. At times these actions are no- brainers.....they are not even decisions. But at times I think we overlook good that is buried beneath bad so we reject it because of unwillingness to make the effort to dig deep, or being afraid of failure or because we 'can't see the forest for the trees'. I also feel the opposite is true. We accept a life that is okay, mediocre, but easy, when actually if we resisted it and took on bigger challenges, gave greater effort, saw that goal line that might be farther away, we would in the end, actually be resisting bad and accepting good. Am I advocating 24 hour days of work and no play? Absolutely not. Am I saying that we are all failures if we aren't bosses, CEO's or presidents? Nope. What I am saying is that life throws us challenges every day. And everyday we have to make decisions on acceptance and resistance. So in the end, we are the artists of our landscape of life. Here is my question of the day. Are you an engine or a caboose? Think about it. The Little Engines that Could huff and puff and put forth amazing effort while the cabooses, merely follow the track. Accept or Resist. Your choice.