Do You Accept Yourself?

As I have mentioned before, I use Doreen Virtues’ Healing with the Angels cards. Before I go to bed each night I pick a card with the intention of guidance for the next day. The other night I picked Self-Acceptance. I thought to myself, the concept of accepting everything about me is a little unrealistic. I don’t know about you but as a woman I am constantly berating myself for having dessert, not fitting into last season’s clothes and feeling guilty for missing my daughter’s game. But when you think about self-acceptance, it really goes much deeper than vanity or guilt. It means loving everything you are. It means forgetting about your family order and forgiving yourself for the mistakes you made in high school and the car accident you caused last year. It means loving yourself unconditionally just like the angels do. The angles and God love you no matter what. The message in the deck says that we need to see ourselves the way the angels do, a perfect and holy child of God. The angels see past the mistakes we have made and only see the reflection of the Divine within us. So what would it look like if we accepted ourselves? Would that tape recorder in your head that constantly berates you stop? Would you be able to smile more and be more accepting of yourself and others? It is only when we stop criticizing ourselves that our mindset changes. When change happens, self-improvement can begin. So starting now, make a conscious effort to only think positive thoughts about yourself. If you find it this difficult, just pick one thing a day to be positive about. I have had to come to terms with the fact that I am not the quickest performer at work. I used to beat myself up and stress over my performance. But one day I realized that I wasn’t serving anyone with the stress, I was only driving myself nuts. Once I relaxed and just performed to the best of my ability, I was so much happier. Isn’t that the ultimate goal? Doesn’t love equal happiness? You bet!!!