I Accept

 

I accept my insecurities, my flaws, my mistakes, my physical limitations from playing too hard, and my thoughts about do-overs for things in the past.  I also accept my amazing life, the people in it that love me for who I am, accept being fortunate to have a job, a home, and comfortable life, and I accept that I can change the world a little bit each day. 

For some reason, acceptance gets a bad rap sometimes.  Well, I know what the “some reason” really is when it comes to acceptance.  Acceptance is often seen as some level of compromise, defeat, failure, or weakness.  Acceptance is more of coming to terms with who we are and how we live.  It’s also realizing there are times things are stinko and times things are great, and seeing the opportunities in both.  When I learned to accept my insecurities and flaws, things became clearer to me.  I stopped fretting over them and acknowledged they make me who I am.  When I learned I cannot change a single thing in my past, I began focusing on the present, and when I learned to live a life of gratitude and be thankful, I finally got it.  Acceptance is a wonderful thing.