acceptance

Acceptance-We seem to look for this from others. But I ask you, how many of us can truly say we accept ourselves?So many people lose their life for the need of acceptance. The things we just cannot settle within ourselves.What plagues your heart, what you see as shortcomings.Every time we question our worth, we lose something inside. Every time we doubt ourselves, we give power to someone else to give us our value.I have watched people drink themselves literally to nothingness in hopes of forgetting their failures. I have lived through the actual death of someone trying to achieve the perfect body type. I have stood in the presence of those who lie to those they love the most for fear of rejection and abandonment. I see daily those who are so broken inside because they look at the things that do not matter- others opinion.I think that is why it is so important for me to sit with myself at this point in time. To truly look at who I am as a person. What I bring to the lives of those I love. Who I am. What I want to be the defining characteristics of my life.I have recently stood in front of this mirror in my room (it is a full closet door mirror) and just looked at me. Fully. Unashamedly. Unapologetically. I recognize myself. I see all of me. I see the parts I have tried to hide. The parts I have tried to change. And the parts I like the best… both physically and internally.Then I turn my back on the mirror and sit with my thoughts. I think of my hopes and my dreams. I sit with where I am now. Knowing where I was before, and I let it overwhelm me. I let the feeling of NOW seep inside my being.I find peace. A knowing. Who I am. What I want. What I need. What I deserve. What I have looked to others to give to me, I can finally find within myself. you use howeverSent from my iPhoneOn Aug 18, 2024, at 8:13 PM, kaitlyn schumann <rkmschu@gmail.com> wrote:Show quoted text