If we cannot accept and love the person we are now, perhaps we have not fully allowed ourselves to become the person we are meant to be.
When we learn to accept ourselves, the positives as well as the negatives, something begins to change. Our perspective opens, and we start to see and learn things about ourselves that we may not have noticed before.
Self-acceptance changes the way we think about ourselves and the way we see ourselves. We become less judgemental, more at ease with who we are, and more open to the beauty of life. Living, giving and accepting love become easier.
Many good things can happen when we practise self-acceptance, simply because we become more comfortable allowing our best qualities to show. We are all unique, and each of us has something to offer. Yet so often, we miss what is already within us because we are too busy looking to things or to other people to make our lives better.
Life will always bring its challenges. The best we can do is draw on our strength and direct our energy towards the things that support our mental, physical and spiritual growth, so that we can make healthier choices for ourselves along the way.
Self-acceptance is everything because the way we see ourselves affects so much about the way we live our lives.
I wish I had known this in my younger days.
AmaSerwaa x
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