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.
This is a beautiful statement that in my heart I feel is true for me. Spot on. It is so difficult to accept oneself in totality, including the parts we do not want to see… to move beyond the fear to reveal the Self beyond self. Thanks for putting this so simply and eloquently.
Robin, thank you for your comment, which illustrates so much of my intention in writing this post. I deeply believe that if we can truly accept ourselves as we are, we transcend any limiting beliefs and experience the truth of unconditional love for ourselves, for the world, and for the universe beyond.