After reading the comments in this recent post, I've been thinking a bit lately about the role self-acceptance (embracing oneself, worts and all) plays in the formation of a well-adjusted psyche. Then tonight, this song wafted out of my Sony Dream Machine as I washed dishes. I think Alanis summarizes self-acceptance quite well here.
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Embracing myself is all I have to embrace. I hold on the to the warts and all, but sometime something good floats by and I will reach for it to bring it into the embrace. Sometimes there are some thorny things that I have to eject from the embrace. But I am always embracing ME. I try to better myself, but not always successfully. I try to change long held habits, some were successful (quit smoking, way less drinking, etc), some not. I just try to be me. You are you no matter what else you do. Like you as much as I do and you will be alright. Just keep working and evaluating.
"Sometimes we slip into the melodrama of wishing we could be what we think we should
be."
http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3119.pdf
Thanks for the link, bulletholes! Very insightful.
love that song.
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