Self-acceptance, two simple words, but the term holds some weight. There may be times when you feel you are not enough, you have too many flaws or you may even stop believing in yourself. I’m telling you right now to stop. Sure, everyone has flaws but self-acceptance is all about knowing how great and valuable you are, even after acknowledging the things about yourself that you believe aren’t so flattering.
Stop being afraid and start realizing your worth. People deserve to experience you. People deserve to know who you are. You don’t have to fret about being misunderstood because the main person who needs to understand you is you. In order to fully accept yourself, you need to praise your strengths more than you do your weaknesses. Pay more attention to your accomplishments rather than your failures. Forget what others think of you and start looking at yourself as if you were the best chocolate chip cookie – or whatever your favorite cookie is – to walk this earth. When you see yourself as a cookie, you won’t be bothered by what a crumb has to say about you or let anything, for that matter, change the way you feel about yourself.
You don’t have to be perfect to accept yourself. Nobody is perfect. However, self-acceptance allows you to know that you aren’t perfect without letting that interfere with how you view yourself. You are good enough, you are valuable, you are amazing just the way you are and you deserve all good things that are headed in your direction.