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You cannot make a beneficial decision based on awareness when you are caught in the
drama of resisting what is, now. However, once you accept what is, now, you are then free to
face whatever it is you are seeking, or avoiding.
Accepting Yourself No Matter What

I struggled with unconditional self acceptance for many years, and now that I’ve found out
“how” to fully accept myself, unconditionally, I wanted to pass this information on to you so that
you can know exactly how to go about it, and feel the self love that you deserve.

First and foremost, the old luxury of negative self talk, self condemnation, put downs, and self
degradation must cease, permanently. That means that you are no longer allowed to cut
yourself down. If you notice something about yourself that you would like to improve, that is
perfectly fine. However, this area does not mean your core self and entire being are worthless.

If you were knocked in your earlier years, or if you are being knocked today by others, please
know in no uncertain terms that the perceptions of others have absolutely nothing to do with
you.

If anyone knocks you, in any manner, in any way, it is not about you! It is about the other
person’s perceptions. Now, if you knock yourself, somewhere along the line you bought into the
false belief that “if only you were such and such,” you would be worthy. If only you had this or
that, then you would feel whole and complete. Guess what? Such and such and this and that
will never make you feel worthy, whole and complete. Because once you attain whatever “it” is,
your mind would find yet another reason to feel worthy, and the vicious cycle would go on.
It is high time you take a solid inventory of everything within you that is lovable, worthy, and
genuine. Do you care about others? Are you honest? Here are a few more qualities that you
might genuinely have within you: Generous, sympathetic, courageous, intelligent, capable,
determined, trustworthy, ethical, loving, warm, sensitive, feisty, sense of humour, compassionate,
perseverance, humanitarian and kind. You might also communicate well. Be well organized, or
detail oriented.

Every time you knock yourself, become consciously aware of it. Just catch yourself, and without
judgment, replace the negative (habitual) comment with one that is more truthful and positive
about you.

It’s easy to destroy. It’s easy to allow all kinds of negative thought run rampant within your mind.
It’s also just as easy to consciously turn the tables, and transform the flip side of the negative
comment you have made about yourself. It only takes conscious awareness, and practice.

It takes practice, and a lot of practice at that.

The same is true of your view of Self. If you have created conditions before you can feel worthy,
then you have placed a lie into your mind. If you are overweight, and put yourself down
because of it, I can assure you that there are plenty of people that are quite thin that also feel
unworthy, because they wish they weighed more!
Nothing on the outside will ever make you feel whole and complete. You never need the
validation of another person to feel worthy. The only validation you will ever need about your
worth as a spiritual human being is your own.