Monday Meditation ~ Acceptance

“Acceptance allows change. Acceptance includes everything, even my judgments. It allows me to be okay now, even before I reach my goals.”

        - Mandy Evans

Self acceptance is being happy with who you are NOW.   It is an agreement with yourself to appreciate, validate, accept and support who you are at this very moment, even the parts you’d like to eventually change.

Typically, we judge ourselves unfavorably with the hope it will motivate us to change. It's as if we hope that if we feel bad enough about ourselves, we will suddenly be motivated to change. Unfortunately, this never works. All it does is sap the energy and forward momentum you might have used to make positive changes. And even worse, it can become a vicious, self-defeating cycle.

You don’t have to be unhappy with yourself to actively improve those things you’d like to change.  Instead, try accepting the parts of yourself you want to change.  Accept that they are part of who you are right now with the understanding that they do not have to be part of who you are going to be. 

 Live Healthy.  Live Happy.

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