When we can begin to appreciate ourselves, we begin automatically to accept help and support and gifts from outside sources, including others--the beginning of the end of self-reliance.
Self appreciation is not the same thing as self-aggrandizing, conceit or self-absorption. In fact, these characteristics are the opposite of true self-appreciation.
In appreciating our self, we are accepting all of who we are, warts as well as loveliness. This appreciation is a kind of change of view point that allows us to accept our self so much more fully than when we judge ourselves.
Appreciating our self is a necessary first step of humility. It is also a defense against humiliation. We begin to see and experience the value of our self in the world.
Where are all these words leading? It is going to take us to a way of being where we are able, without trepidation or fear, to share our being in the world, trusting the truth that it will be the best we are able in the moment we are giving it. Self-acceptance of our imperfections, and of those moments where we also experience perfection.
Self Reflection: How do I appreciate myself? Am I willing to accept help, support, gifts from others? Am I still hanging on to self-reliance? If so, what fears lie beneath this veneer of self-will?
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