Hard Work of Acceptance
Don’t we all want to be accepted and understood for who we are? And to feel safe enough to share what we think and feel without fear of judgement? I think we are all striving for this acceptance and safety in our work and our lives. What we may not realize is that it's hard to make progress in these areas if we don’t figure out how to accept ourselves. There are many ways that we judge ourselves. We may find it difficult to accept what we consider to be our negative qualities. We haven't made peace with our impatience, lack of ambition, workaholic tendencies--even our judgmental nature! We may also be unable to acknowledge or accept those sterling qualities that others seem to consider as positive, such as our…