A friend recently posted a question in a Facebook Group, about ways to gain freedom in life, so you can choose how you want to live it.\n\n\u201cWhat has most helped you to gain freedom in your life to choose exactly how you want to live it?\u201d.\nMy response was one word.\nAcceptance.\nOf course I had to follow through with a short sentence because I really can\u2019t stop at one word!\nAcceptance brings me peace and freedom.\nAfter posting my response, I pondered about whether acceptance was just a state of resigning myself to living with the shackles of my chronic disease. Or was it more than that?