I accept myself.
I accept that sometimes I’m afraid, and that there are times when the dark feels so much greater than the light I can’t understand how anyone (including me) could say otherwise.

I accept that feelings aren’t real.
I accept that I can explore the darkness, the depths of my fear, emotions and trauma I’ve carried with me but never wanted to see, and that I will not be harmed by them.  I am allowed to feel everything I feel, and I accept that my feelings do not make me a bad person and are not my true self.

I accept that I am loved.
When I am tired and broken and do not believe there is a place for me in the world, I accept that there is support available for me.  I accept that when I ask for help, I can find it.  I accept that it is here for me now.

I accept that I am learning.
I accept that there is more I don’t know than my imagination can conceive.  I accept that I can, will, and must make mistakes in order to grow.  I accept that it is okay to make mistakes, and that it is okay to make a mistake more than once until I learn how to not make it.

I accept my power.
I accept that if there is resistance in my life I am the one creating it, and I can learn how to let it go.  I accept that I am making choices every day, both conscious and unconscious.  The more conscious I am of my actions, the greater their benefit for myself and the world.  I accept that I can choose to respond with love or fear in any given circumstance, and I can make a conscious choice today.

I accept that accepting myself is important.
However much I am able to love myself is how much I am able to love others.  I accept that I cannot give to another what I do not first allow for myself.  I accept that if I want to manifest peace in the world I must find peace within myself.

Just for today, just for this moment, I accept myself as I am.  I allow for my needs.  I surrender all judgments to the awareness that I truly don’t know.

I surrender any and all shame, guilt, resentment, and fear to a force greater than my identity.

I open to love.