Self-acceptance is something many people struggle with. I know that I sure as hell did and sometimes still do.
There’s always that little voice in the back of my mind telling me all the bad things about myself.
It talks about the past, the present, the future. It would point out all of my flaws and insecurities. I used to listen to that voice all the time. And it made me absolutely miserable.
And because I was so aware of my flaws all I did was think about them. Which led to me hating myself. And it left me as an easy target for others.
My weaknesses were so apparent, anybody could use them against me.
Someone could say one thing or make one joke about one of my insecurities and I would just crumble.
I always told myself that I didn’t care about anyone’s opinion of me. But, if that were true then I wouldn’t get so upset when they pointed out one of my insecurities.
It wasn’t so much that their opinion really mattered, it was more that I couldn’t accept myself for who I really was. And because of that I would get easily angered by what others said.
It wasn’t until I learned to accept and love myself and all my flaws that I learned to not give a fuck about the opinions of others.
I know my weaknesses and I know my strengths. I can acknowledge and accept my weaknesses and flaws now and work on them.
It no longer angers me when others try to point them out and bring me down. I am able to see now that these flaws don’t make me any less of a person.
If anything they make me who I am and because of that I am a stronger person than I ever was before.
What is one flaw of yours that you’ve learned to accept?