Self-Acceptance
15 March 2021
Definition: the action of consenting to receive or undertake ourselves as we are; all our attributes, positive or negative
\self-ik-ˈsep-tən(t)s/, noun
In a sentence: “instead of judging ourselves, we need to practice self-acceptance”
Synonyms: compassion, self-love, appreciation, understanding,
Significance: The moment you can look at yourself, think to yourself and say to yourself with genuine certainty, “you’re not too bad. I kinda like you,” you’re on to something special. When we truly like ourselves life takes on an entirely new trajectory. Self-acceptance can be viewed in different ways and there are different words to encapsulate its depth and breadth: Some additional words that are relative to self-acceptance include but are not limited to: self-love, self-esteem, self-trust, and self-compassion. Regardless of what you want to call it, it’s a genuine, open-hearted, tender respect for the self. At the point when self-acceptance is officially initiated, we immediately feel a weight lifted from our shoulders. There is no need to please anyone. There is no need to tell people what they want to hear. Self-acceptance isn’t selfish, it’s an acknowledgement and release of our imperfections into a better state of being. To accept is to receive and undertake with enthusiasm and appreciation for the opportunity to change, evolve and get better. It’s not easy work. In fact, it’s the hardest work there is in life because it is soul gutting work. We must want to accept ourselves, fully, at the depths, and move forward to find pure joy in life. In self-acceptance we relinquish harsh judgment. The earlier in life we learn to accept ourselves the better off we’ll be. Some people begin to work on this process as early as adolescence, while others might not begin working on self-acceptance until they’re on their deathbeds. The process of self-acceptance is the process of healing and self-discovery.
