“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” Nhat Hanh
The day one accepts him or herself as he or she is and loves what he or she is becoming is the day one starts living.
When I’ve traveled alone, the best feeling is not getting to where I wanted to go, but in coming home. Home is the place where I’m accepted. Home is the place where I am loved for who I am. No matter how far I’ll travel, home will always be the best destination.
Do you want to meet someone who will love, understand, and accept you as you are? Look in the mirror and say hello.
All of us have a light and dark side. We enjoy seeing only our light side. The light side displays our compassion, kindness, honesty, and love. We shy away from acknowledging our dark side. It’s difficult to admit to the self that we are capable of being selfish, mean, angry, and greedy. When we view our dark side we realize how much we are like everyone we’ve criticized. It is both humbling and liberating. It makes me more accepting of others with the hope they will be more accepting of me. In many ways, once we acknowledge and accept our dark side, our light side becomes brighter.
Why waste time looking for reasons not to like someone? Instead, look for reasons to like someone. Does it matter if someone is gay or straight, black, brown, yellow, or white, male or female? We all want to be loved. We all want to be accepted. We all hurt when we lose someone close to us. We all celebrate when someone close to us marries, graduates, or succeeds in an endeavor. Life is better looking for the good.
