Self-Acceptance

To accept and love ourselves 

for who we truly are, 

we must be willing to see who we are clearly 

and be completely honest with ourselves 

about what we see,

without the veil of self-judgment 

or the delusion of magical thinking.

This requires doing shadow work…

Finding and facing the parts of ourselves 

that we may have denied, shunned, or pushed away.

It requires making peace with them

and offering them the compassion 

and love that they may never have had before. 

When we can accept and love all of who we are,

we blossom into who we were always meant to be,

and from this place of self-love, 

we can extend the same kind of lovingkindness to others.