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RE: Self love, an ongoing process
Finding acceptance in my mistakes is related to how those mistakes continue to affect my life, and the life of the people around me. Unless I've worked to correct my mistakes they'll remain a source of negativity and I'll be unable to effectively use them for personal growth. So acknowledging that I've messed up is only the first step. If acceptance is being able to live with a mistake then resolution is necessary. I'm really bad at resolution though. Often, being self aware is not enough to escape the feelings of doubt, fear, and shame that people usually associate with the mistakes we've made.
Wow, well said! Thank you for your insightful reply, it reminds me of an afterthought I had regarding trust. Can I trust myself to place my happiness and well being in my own hands? Forgiveness and acceptance, as you've identified are only the beginning, it's with rigorous discipline that I feel a tremendous need to be reminded that to have faith is to allow fear to dissipate. This is where I am at, a balancing act between having faith and being afraid of suffering. As acceptance is the first step, I'm curious to explore what follows and what I can do to maintain serenity as I venture forth throughout and beyond this existence.
Personal growth is not easy. My biggest issue is not having a supportive community. I do think personal perception is a big part of the equation though. How we have been condition to react to situations and and how we chose to feel. Our actions and reactions are not always justifiable, weather or not we believe they are. That's something I have to learn over the years.
You said it brother!
I did! I did!