Resignation usually appears in the face of the inevitable.
Resignation is a term with several uses. It may be the passive acceptance of a setback or a problem . For example: "With resignation, the boy took his bag and left the house" , "The player accepted with resignation the measure taken by the coach" , "After such a catastrophe, there is only room for resignation" .
When a person resigns, he accepts a situation and stops fighting against it or seeking solutions to the problem that arises. Generally, resignation appears when something is inevitable or when the subject has tired of fighting .
Examples of resignation
A man may be heartbroken over the death of his son and feel great fury at the act, which he considers unjust. Beyond the fact that the wound will never heal, the subject must mourn the loss and accept reality with resignation, since there is nothing they can do to modify it and recover the life of their child.
Take the case of the soccer player who is separated from the squad by decision of the technical director, who attributes his decision to the former's repeated acts of indiscipline. The athlete can try to convince the coach that he will not commit a foul again and can ask him to reverse the sanction although, if the coach is inflexible, he will have no choice but to accept the decision with resignation and continue with his profession.
While resignation is linked to frustration, acceptance is associated with understanding.
Differences with acceptance
It should be noted that many times a distinction is made between resignation and acceptance , especially in the area of religion . According to certain positions, resignation is linked to frustration and paralysis, while acceptance is associated with understanding and a starting point for change.
This distinction can also be seen in relation to vocational issues, one of the most delicate areas of human life. Just like our tastes in general, we do not choose our vocation ; In fact, most people never get to know theirs, for different reasons. For those who reach the point of knowing what they want to dedicate the rest of their life to, things are not always easy: physical impediments, accidents in the middle of a project, lack of confidence at harmful levels or even being born in the wrong place are some of them. of the obstacles that may arise between an individual and his vocation.
Resignation depends on the context
Take the well-known vocal cord accident suffered by Julie Andrews, the British-born actress and singer who starred in films such as " Mary Poppins ", " The Sound of Music " (known as "The Sound of Music " or " The Sound of Music "). ) and « Victor Victoria «; After a routine operation on his throat, he forever lost control of his voice, to the point of no longer being able to use its full range and the attributes that had earned him so much fame. A singer with lyrical training and with an unparalleled instrument lost the chance to sing for the rest of her life. In this case acceptance does not take place, since it is a real misfortune; Instead, Andrews had to accept reality with resignation and redirect his career.
On the other hand, far from accidents, a person who feels a deep passion for drawing and animation may have to accept their lack of artistic gifts and decide, instead, to dedicate themselves to another field. Such was the case of the acclaimed Edwin Catmull, one of the founders of Pixar and current president of said company and the Walt Disney Animation Studios, who opted for computer science. In his decades of profession, Catmull has made invaluable contributions to the field of computer graphics, including the invention of the Z-Buffer , and the discovery of algorithms for anti-aliasing and surface subdivision .