You can't wait for the end of your problems for you to be present. It has to be done whereever you are - which is now
Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.
Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.
If you can get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.