Loved your post. You must be such an inspiration to your students. The key word for me was "embrace". Reminds me of what Ekhart Tolle said: "Accept with joy and enthusiasm" and "What you resist persists". Accepting something doesn't mean you have to agree with it but I think it allows one to find ways to create a "new normal" instead of getting stuck in the "resisting" mode. There have been times when I thought, well, ok I will accept this but I couldn't muster up the joy and enthusiasm to go with it. You've given me a wonderful thought for the start of my day!