Self Acceptance

It is true. I have spent most of my life thinking I "should be" this or that. It is the old self improvement program on constant fast forward. I know what that yields. So what happens if at any given moment I am good enough for what is? Would it be so strange to accept myself? A few words about this from Byron Katie..





I can suck myself down into a deep, black hole when I focus on what I think I SHOULD be... more loving, sexy, productive, whatever. Thinking I should be something else means I'm not good enough now. This is poverty thinking and a guaranteed way to be miserable.

I can let go of this suffering by accepting WHAT IS. I can say, "This is how I am right now and that's okay."

When I first tried this, I could say it but not believe it. Then I began to experience the freedom this perspective brings - just by changing my mind! Now I'm beginning to believe it. What a gift!

"When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless."

-- Byron Katie