Real humility about our character defects carries with it acceptance. -- Anonymous
There it is. There is truth, sweet as spring water, pure as mountain air.
We can always be sure we have gotten over our own self when we can admit to our character defects as self-inflicted, self-invited, self-propelled...and then laugh at our long-time denial of that very fact for that is what brought us to defeat.
The only way we admit to our character defects and continue to carry them with us is to admit and continue to beat our self for them, to admit and continue to blame someone else for them, to admit and think we're continuing anywhere. We're not. We're going nowhere...and, as the old saying goes, if you're not going forward, you're going backward...there is no standing still.
It is acceptance of our self that not only makes acceptance of others possible it relieves us of the choice! We no longer need to sit in judgment before we can like or dislike...we accept. Then, if we connect further, we've got a new friend, and if we don't connect further, we've not got an enemy.
Acceptance of our own self...warts and God-gifts...is the pearl beyond price.
Thank you.
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