Additionally, self acceptance requires us to not only accept our faults, but to be open for growth. Accepting doesn’t mean to resist positive growth. On the contrary, be willing to become a more loving and fulfilled person.

Forgiving
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Take the opportunities of mistakes as fuel and knowledge towards the successful outcome. A mistake allows you to eliminate one possibility that doesn’t work. Great! Now you’re closer to your goal!

Aspire
Self acceptance shouldn’t be an excuse to avoid growing. On the contrary, you accept the bumps in the road as well as certain aspects of your personality as you’re developing towards a better you.

Be confident and accept that you have room to change. We all do. Reflect on things you don’t like about yourself or things that could be better. Can you change them? How can you be different so that you’re more proud of yourself?

Be Flexible
The more rigid you are, the less you’ll be open to developing and growing as a person. Think of bamboo as it bends across the wind without breaking. If it were rigid and stiff, it would break in two. The flexibility allows it to flow effortlessly through the wind as it stays intact.

Be that way in your life. Keep an eye out for posibilities. It’s okay if it wasn’t a part of your original plan. Perhaps this option is better.

Remain Positive
Each situation has more than one side. Actually, it usually has many points of view. A friend of mine has a slight stuttering condition that most people don’t detect it, including me. His friend is a speech pathologist and helps others with their stuttering. The interesting thing is that his friend has an obvious stutter. His handicap didn’t keep him from moving forward in life. He took it to his advantage to help others.

What side of the situation will you choose to focus on? The one that brings you down or the one that gives you hope?

Keep Your Power
Our images of ourselves are created based on what others have told us about ourselves or comparisons we make against others. You’ll inevitably come across others who will insult you or attempt to hurt you. Allowing their comments to have an effect on you is giving them power. It takes practice, but it’s certainly possibly to shrug off the comments of others without personalizing them.

Don’t let others create an image of yourself for you. You be the judge of yourself.

Compare yourself to yourself. Are you a stronger, wiser, healthier, more loving person today than you were a year ago? Don’t compete with anybody else. Their journey in life is much different than yours. Self acceptance begins with you so start growing and developing yourself!

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