Self-Acceptance
To accept and love ourselves
for who we truly are,
we must be willing to see who we are clearly
and be completely honest with ourselves
about what we see,
without the veil of self-judgment
or the delusion of magical thinking.
This requires doing shadow work…
Finding and facing the parts of ourselves
that we may have denied, shunned, or pushed away.
It requires making peace with them
and offering them the compassion
and love that they may never have had before.
When we can accept and love all of who we are,
we blossom into who we were always meant to be,
and from this place of self-love,
we can extend the same kind of lovingkindness to others.