Living with Intentional Movement. Life is a journey by design, your own or someone else's. I write about lessons I've learned to start your own movement.
I struggle with self acceptance and self worth.
I started reading the book Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach to understand this struggle. Chapter 1 discusses "the trance of unworthiness," where we constantly think we are flawed. To recognize it, she suggests taking a pause in the day to reflect on our thoughts.
Ask how you are judging yourself.
I tried this exercise and found myself thinking I am not interesting, not funny, and not knowledgable.
I was telling this to a friend, and he responded, "sometimes you are interesting. Sometimes, you are not. What's wrong with that?"
A lightbulb turned on.
Accepting yourself is knowing there's nothing wrong with who you are now.
Sometimes I am funny. Sometimes not.
Sometimes I am interesting. Sometimes not.
Sometimes I am knowledgable. Sometimes not.
We went on to try this with other times we judge ourselves or feel unworthy.
Sometimes I am responsible. Sometimes not.
Sometimes I am learning. Sometimes not.
Sometimes I am angry. Sometimes not.
Sometimes I am seen. Sometimes not.
Sometimes I am lazy. Sometimes not.
I always wondered how you could accept yourself.
We found it starts by simply being who you are.
Sometimes you are. Sometimes you are not.
And that's completely okay.