The art of self-acceptance.
Why does it seem so hard to accept ourselves the way we truly are?
If there's one thing I've learned during this quarantine is that I haven't always been faithful to myself.
I tend to sacrifice my true desires in order to make other people comfortable and keep them happy. And that, I think, is the real reason why I used to do it. To •keep• them in my life.
The truth is that, when you're 100% okay with who you are and love yourself radically, you don't need to feel that you have to keep anyone in your life to make you feel this way, because those feelings then start producing inside.
Many women (including past me) believe that they need someone to love them and give them what they want and need in order to be happy. But once we realize that we're just looking outside for what we are lacking inside, we can free ourself of the burden of the unhealthy attachments we create to other people.
We become a source of love, and stop caring about receiving it from someone else. We start to love others unconditionally, and not because we want to receive (in return) what we're giving. But only because that's the essence of who we are.
So, if these words resonate with you today, I invite you to look at yourself in the mirror and talk to you the way you wish someone else would. To give yourself the biggest hug you can and tell you that you are more than okay the way you are. That you're allowed to feel, think and act the way you do. Make a commitment to honor yourself and your true feelings and say no when you want to and yes when you're ready, as long as it comes from a place of light and love.
We don't need anyone to tell us how we should be, what we should like and what we're worth. We need to understand that. We need to love ourselves above all else. To accept ourselves above all else.
And only then, we'll free ourselves and attract other people with the same mindset and heartset, who are ready to love and shine the same way we do.
