Self Acceptance

Toad · Senior Member

Self Acceptance

kkotz401 · Senior Member

I still have to work on self acceptance some. I am glad you finally got to that point.

StPeteDean · MIP Old Timer

a good way to work on self acceptance is to go volunteer at a VA Hospital, or Childrens hospital. You'll learn real quick that you've got it very good compared to these folks. Gratitude will come easy, happiness and acceptance will be yours.

Bob K · Senior Member

Acceptance of self is a must. When I seem to be forgetting that I read this poem.

THE MAN IN THE GLASS

When you get what you want in your struggle for self

And the world makes you king for a day,

Just go to the mirror and look at yourself

And see what that man has to say.

For it isn't your father or mother or wife

Who judgement upon you must pass;

The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life

Is the one staring back from the glass.

Some people may think your a straight-shootin' chum

And call you a wonderful guy,

But the man in the glass says you're only a bum

If you can't look him straight in the eye.

He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest,

For he's with you clear up to the end.

And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test

If the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of life

And get pats on your back as you pass.

But your final reward will be heartaches and tears

If you've cheated the man in the glass.

jasperkent · Senior Member

Good one, Bob.

I have real problems with low self-esteem. But the longer I am sober the better I feel about myself. Steps 4 & 5 helped a lot.

AA meetings help a lot, too. We work on our defects, but we also laugh about them-- our own and others'.

"Life is far too important to be taken seriously." -- Oscar Wilde