Is there a word for the concept of inner peace that comes from accepting that things won't work out

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I don’t know if fatalism is the right word. But for example you try to be healthy in your 40s and 50s, being extremely neurotic about being in perfect health and then one day you accept that everyone’s health will fail, it is inevitable for you too, and you feel a sense of inner peace at giving up a futile struggle (in this case the futile struggle to be I perfect health forever).

Or you want a relationship, fail over and over again and finally just develop a sense of inner peace knowing it probably won’t work out and you don’t have to fight it.

Is there a word for this, preferably in English?

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Acceptance?

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Stoicism?

[INDENT]Stoicism is predominantly a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. According to its teachings, as social beings, the path to happiness for humans is found in accepting this moment as it presents itself, by not allowing ourselves to be controlled by our desire for pleasure or our fear of pain, by using our minds to understand the world around us and to do our part in nature’s plan, and by working together and treating others fairly and justly. [/INDENT]

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Resigned?
Or Forbearance?

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I always say: “I’m much happier now that I’ve ‘given up hope.’”

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Serenity. Acceptance is a major component.

Also resignation.

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Came here to post this. Should have known someone here would already have it.

Seems the right answer to me and also a philosophy that works well for me personally.

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Maybe “Flow” as described by Csíkszentmihályi has some bearing on this too. It depends how you prefer to think about it.

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“To accept with grace those things that we cannot change.” That was posted to me by a friend shortly after being diagnosed with my current illness and followed by my loss of work: In her post it was attributed to Buddha, but knowing next to nothing about Buddhism I don’t know if there’s a specific term for that. It sure summed things up for me to improve my outlook.

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In Dialectical Behavior Therapy, taking from Buddhist expressions, calls it “radical acceptance.”

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The Serenity Prayer probably deserves a mention.

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Resignation. Also, “Fuck it”.

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“C’est la vie.”

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Resolution?

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I think resigned is about right. Resignation.

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not a word, but a phrase from a friend of mine: having no more fucks to give.

I like “acceptance.”

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Yes, there is such a word.

I worked for years to earn a living but grew weary of the tread mill and my lifestyle was not working out. The word is . . . Retirement.

It’s followed by contentment.

And one day, death, but after that then I won’t give a shit.

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Surrenderance in the Christian sense fits very well. Put down one’s own plan and ambitions to that of God and God’s Kingdom and His will and plan. It is often reported that many experience a great sense of peace, balance, joy and relief from that act.

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Well, there is nirvana/satori from Buddhism. The idea is that the root of all suffering is desire–wanting to have things that you don’t have and wanting the world to be different than it is. Learning to let go of those desires leads to nirvana (nevermind it not being originally English.)