This week I have been thinking a lot about self-acceptance. I am a relatively solitary person. I need alone time every day. I don’t like being late for anything. I need to exercise every day to feel like I’m functioning. I need to spend time outdoors every day. I need physical contact, hugs, the back of your hand against my cheek, a hand clasping mine. I need a cup of tea several times a day. I cry at sad stories, sad films, sad thoughts but find it a healthy release. I love the feeling of progression. I love improving. I love those glorious seconds where I realise that something I have been trying to learn or trying to master has stayed in my head!
Personal growth and development keep us alive; they keep us thriving. Personal growth stimulates our minds, creates sparks of excitements, moments of thrill. Personal acceptance gives solidity, authenticity, feelings of peace and being comfortable within our skin.
Recently I have read articles by authors pushing for us to progress. They want us never to stop fighting for more and yet there are also authors saying pause, breathe, take it easy and be ok just as you are!
I believe that those good feelings, not just happiness but the hundreds of words that sum up all of those emotions we love, are hiding somewhere in the middle!
I have had to experience personal development to feel greater self-acceptance and even more than that self love! I have had to feel self-acceptance to feel stable in moving forward with my learning and experiences.
There have been times in my past where I have become stagnant. I stopped trying to learn and closed my mind and heart open to new ideas and experiences, and instead of living, I felt like I was drifting away, losing myself. I remember times where life has swung to the other extreme too, constantly working, never happy with who I was or what I was doing, always searching for something more.
The good stuff, the buzz and the peace, the thrill and the calm, the joy and the ease comes from accepting myself with love and kindness and while never holding back from learning, growing and experiencing the unknown. It comes from resting when I need to rest and doing it without guilt. It comes from saying yes to that scary new thing without a second of doubt about who I am. Yes, I think somewhere between personal progression, and personal acceptance is a magical place where self love is waiting for us.
Big love Katy X
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