Are Acceptance and Surrender the Same Thing?

How often do you hear someone say, when they’re trying to come to grips with a situation, “I’m working on accepting that?”
Is 2025 Really More Unpredictable Than Other Years?

Does 2025 seem to you to contain more uncertainty than any year that came before? The general sentiment I hear expressed seems to confirm that many of us feel this way. But that sentiment ignores several incontrovertible truths.