by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
ACCEPTANCE ALTERNATIVE
A father and mother learned that their teenage son was going blind. The boy’s father said, “We have three choices. We can curse life for doing this to us and express our grief and rage. Or we can grit our teeth and endure it. Or we can accept it. The first alternative is useless. The second is sterile and exhausting. The third way is the only way.”