Accept Yourself

       If you accept that what is done is done, you are left with yourself exactly as you are. You can't go

back and change anything, so you've got to work with what you've got.

       I am not suggesting anything mystic here such as love yourself - that is far too aggressive.No, let just begin with simple accepting.

       Accepting is easy because it is exactly what it says -ACCEPTING. You don't have to improve or change or strive for perfection, it is quite the opposite. Just accept.

       This means accepting all blemish and emotional bumps and lumps, weaknesses e.t.c.Do not get me wrong, this does not mean you are happy with everything about yourself, or that you are going to be nonchalant and lead a bad life, No. You are going to accept the way you are, initially, and then build on that. What you are not going to do is beat yourself up because you don't like some bits of your life.

      You have to take this seriously and accept it as a rule because you have no choice here. You have to accept that you are the way you are. You have to accept that you are human and as human, you are pretty complex and not perfect i.e you are bound to make mistakes one way or the other.
When you start to accept who you are, then and only then you can make a choice, each day to strive to be some kind better.

      I also need to let you know that even after accepting yourself and you've taken that choice to be better, there would be days you would fall short. That's OK. Do not beat yourself up, all you need to do is to pick yourself up and start all over again. Accept that you will fail from time to time and that you are human.