Accept your Relatives.
But, I think I should explain.

Relative can be a lot of things.

When you consider the noun-ish version of the word… it could go in a number of directions.   For instance… a relative could be a person connected by blood or marriage.  You know… Uncle Herman.  Your Mother-In-Law.  a Brother…… and on.  (Or it could speak to  a species related to another by common origin….  similar to a plant… or an animal. )

But the adjective… the main version of the adjective is my concern tonight.  Relative.   Something which is considered in relation or in proportion to something else…… you know.   Like Einstein said…. a something which is  existing or possessing a specified characteristic….. only in comparison to something else.  Not absolute.

So today it was very, very windy here.   Such….. that it was very difficult to even walk outside.   In fact, most things around here were completely deserted…. with the exception of an occasional-crazy-windsurfer.

And here it where RELATIVE fits in.   When you are used to being in this nice-weathered paradise… today might be considered to be a complete drag.  A TOTAL “Let Down”…. if you will.  On the other hand, in comparison to the -20 degrees below zero weather in Ohio…. THIS is NOT so bad.

Now the “Accept” part.  You see… there is no changing this wind.  It is mighty.  And strong.  YOU could stand on that beach facing the ocean…. …. filled with anger….. screaming at the top of your lungs…. “STOP WIND.  I command you to stop.”

But that wind would continue.  It would keep on blowing as forceful as ever.
It might make you more angry that the wind paid no attention to you.  And the day would be filled with angst.

On the other hand… if we simply accept those things we cannot change… they become less difficult.  When we realize that is is -20 degrees somewhere else… or in another place… there has been no rain in 6 months…. or worse yet…. when we remember there are places where people are dying from mass genocide….  well, then.   That wind is not so bad.  And we accept.
We Accept our “Relatives”…. and we find peace.