Accepting my humanness

What if ... all your quirks, eccentricities, flaws, and mistakes are guiding you toward a greater love of and for yourself? Rather than seeing these as something you want to change - can you accept them? Embrace them even?

This has been a lifelong practice and area of growth for me.

Rather than hiding the unique aspects of myself - I'm learning to embrace them. My nuances make me who I am and keep me moving forward in a way that works for me. Just because I do things differently than so many others, doesn't make me wrong. It's taken me a long time to see that - but now that I have seen it, I can't unsee it.

As for my flaws and mistakes.... well, there's a TON of them. I have spent years punishing myself and carrying guilt and shame for a few of my choices. It's taken a lot of practice to extend myself grace and forgiveness.

I'm human. And every human messes up sometimes. When I mess up now, I see it as an opportunity to take a look at myself, to get curious about my motivations and why I chose the way I did, and then move forward and choose differently next time.

Expecting perfection of ourselves isn't fair. Life isn't perfect. We aren't perfect. We absolutely will mess up.
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Learning to extend grace, compassion, and forgiveness to ourselves when we do - is life-changing!!!