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Loving Every Phenomenal Part
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By:
Deborah L Shipley |
Have you ever wished
yourself away? I am not referring to leaving your precious life on this
Earth; but rather, just wished you weren’t a certain way or did not have
some particular qualities and mannerisms that were so apparent to you. I
know I have.
In the past, I’ve had a very difficult time when others would point out my
weaknesses to me, either constructively or not-so tactfully. I would think,
“ Wow, not only do I think these are big problems I have, but now everyone
else sees them as well.“ I would hope and pray that these parts of my
personality would disappear into the deep character trait abyss. I would
pretend to myself they weren’t present or I would try my hardest to cover
them up. I spent a lot of time and energy on hiding these areas that I
wanted so desperately to vanish.
A big first step in learning to love oneself and in self-forgiveness is
accepting every part of you as the unique person that you are. All of your
so-labeled liabilities can be tweaked into assets, but they must first be
accepted. Otherwise, you are pushing against the grain and not being
authentic to your true self.
Let me give you an example of what I am talking about. In all of my past
serious relationships, I have loved very passionately- so much so, that
I’ve depended on the other person in the relationship for my happiness (what
is commonly referred to as co-dependence). My moods depended on their
moods, their well-being, or were correlated to the way they were treating
me at the time. One can argue that this is not really love. I feel it was
love, but with a very important component missing-that passionate love for
myself… With it, the “dysfunctional” one-sided relationships may have
flourished or an even more likely scenario~ I would have probably not
attracted them in the first place (but that’s a topic for another day).
Once I accepted this as a part of my unique persona I was able to direct
it in a more healthy manner-passionate love for my child, my work, my
family, my faith, and most importantly, myself.
You may find your dark sides in anger, co-dependence, low self-esteem or a
combination of these or other perhaps not so desirable traits. We are
missing a part of us by wishing these traits weren’t ours and not owning
up to every inch of them. If we are only loving a part of ourselves or of
others, we are not fully engaged in the experience of love. You know that
feeling of being in a relationship where the other person may “kind of
like you” or you “kind of like them“. It doesn’t flourish, and neither
party is truly happy. It has been said by finding an area in which you
have found the most struggles, therein lies your true purpose. These are
gifts for us to embrace; lessons are presented for us to learn. Think of
one of your greatest challenges-has that not shaped who you are today?
When you are in the midst of it, it can be difficult; but when you step
back, you see the beauty of it all.
Accept your yin and your yang. Accept your dark and your light. Accept
your failures and your successes. I am not suggesting that we use this as
an excuse to not participate in personal development or self-care, or to
neglect to learn those lessons that are often presented to us throughout
our lives. Instead I am suggesting that we embrace our unique selves and
know that we are not on this Earth to take up space but rather to fulfill
a beautiful life of our dreams in our own special way~ every valuable bit
of us.
“If you can’t accept yourself, then certainly no one else will.”
~Author Unknown
About the author:
Copyright 2005~Deborah Shipley is a registered yoga teacher, publisher of
a free monthly e-zine on self-esteem, and an e-book author. This article
may be distributed provided the author’s information is included in its
entirety.
http://www.tipsforinterpersonalskills.com
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