Acceptance

"When you're a beautiful person on the inside, there is nothing in the world that can change that about you. Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance. The Lesson: If you can't accept yourself, then certainly no one else will.”

Why is it that so many people are constantly seeking acceptance? Is it because we as people are so worried about how people perceive us that we are constantly striving to please others to the point of self destruction? The end result is you being unhappy and not able to accept your own faults.

Each day I look at myself and know that I am a work in progress. I once in the past "used" to be concerned about how people perceived me and thought that acceptance from others was so important. After going through many different trials and tribulations in my own life I came to the conclusion that I first had to accept myself for who I am.

Today I had a conversation with a close friend of mine and in a sense it saddened me. Here you think you know a person and you don't. As a friend I expressed my concern to her as to some of the actions she's displayed in regards to men. She has had unhealthy dating experiences and it's reached a point of concern. We are living in a world today full of disease and destruction. She doesn't feel that she'll ever meet the right guy or that the thought of that is delusional. Sometimes you have to speak life into words. If you continue to speak negativity then that’s all that is going to come your way. Her reason for going from man to man is the fact that she doesn't want to be alone. She assumed that because I am single and haven't been involved with anyone for a great period of time....that I am okay with being alone.

I'm lonely a lot at times but I have come to the conclusion that I am not going to settle myself for less or lower my standards for any man.......just to feel acceptance. I am a beautiful woman who deserves the best. I am a very giving and loving person and I do believe that Mr. Right does exist somewhere out there for me. God is putting his finishing touches on me......and I know he's polishing up my mate for me. We can't live life striving for acceptance. We must keep in mind that God is #1. As long as we trust and believe in him we can truly have what we say.

Mark 11:23 says: "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."