HI I've been reading the threads on this forum for a while and found there are a lot of inteligent and helpful people here so I have a question for you.

How do you learn to accept yourself?

[FELIZE]

Realize that you're a human being & no one is perfect.......you should be on your way!

[laRubiaBonita]

if you pretend to like yourself for long enough.... you get kinda used to it after a while.

[bluechocolate]

I'm waiting to see who shows up to the call for intelligent people.


As to your question - what is that poem? Ah yes - The Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.

Then theres the bit about accepting the things you cannot change, the courage to change the things you can & the wisdom to know the difference.

So there's a start for you.

[Sand&Water]

Reply:

This thread is, in one way or another, discriminatory. Less intelligent human beings should also be given the opportunity to input their thoughts/opinions.

Here is a start for you:

Learn to spell correctly, before you can acquire intelligent ideas from other.

The Alpha, and Omega.

"Cogito, ergo sum" or in simple english: "I think, therefore I am" - René Descartes

Sand&Water

[quankanne]

How do you learn to accept yourself?

by realizing that despite my particular quirks and flaws, there is no one else in the world quite like me, nor will there ever be. This has given me a fuller sense of self that I didn't find anywhere else. And makes it easier to love myself (in a healthy way, mind you, not narcissistically!) ...

[KMT]

Please Define what it is to accept ones self and I'll let you know how I do it if I do it...

[quankanne]

Have you ever noticed that extremely intelligent people are often the ones who find it harder to accept themselves?

might be because they're more exacting of themselves, less likely to embrace any "imperfections" they feel have

[a4a]

Originally Posted by Adunaphel

Chiming in to say that there are a lot of intelligent but absent minded bad spellers out there!


Have you ever noticed that extremely intelligent people are often the ones who find it harder to accept themselves?

Of course because they seek improvement and knowledge in most aspects of there life.

Not a matter of self acceptance but instead seeking betterment of the self?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Acceptance (disambiguation).
Acceptance, in spirituality, mindfulness, and human psychology, usually refers to the experience of a situation without an intention to change that situation.

Now how dull would that be..... ^ I suck and I accept that I am an ass and I accept that........

Now pull my finger! (how is that for raw intelligence, as I am actually trying to condition my sphincter to react from a finger pull, self betterment and controlled flatuence)

[pricillia]

learn to accept others and you will accept yourself

that is my secret.

[everlong]

sometimes acceptence comes from the awareness that your life is on the right track. and living a life inspired by what is true to you brings you inner peace. when you become aware of the day that you have stopped making judgements about yourself based on what your personality it telling you that [i look bad wearing this, i wonder if he thinks that, etc.] and u listen more to your 'self' u will see things in a new perspective.

[Noos]

How can you not let other people's opinions of you affect you? Isn't 'worth' a quality that gets its meaning from relativity?

I have a friend who puts down my job - she clearly infers that she thinks my intelligence and achievements are inferior to hers because I earn less money and am not working for a well known company. I assume she is articulating what many other people in her position think about me and presume that many peopole I know look down on me because I'm not a lawyer or engineer.

How can you not let that affect you?

[Ariadne]

How do you learn to accept yourself?

Oh, that's not something that you can learn.

Ariadne

[everlong]

"How can you not let other people's opinions of you affect you? Isn't 'worth' a quality that gets its meaning from relativity? I assume she is articulating what many other people in her position think about me and presume that many people I know look down on me because I'm not a lawyer or engineer. How can you not let that affect you?"

Hmmmmmm....let me explain it this way - i mentioned earlier that acceptance [for me anyways] comes from inside - when you are true to your self - then you have acceptance. your question is how can the opinions of others not effect you? well, its easy - you choose to either let it effect you or not. It's like letting go. You know when you break up with someone? Do you like their feelings effect that decision? No. You still do what you feel is right for you. You make the choice. Another example: say someone said something to you and it made you feel resentful. You can remind yourself that any hurt you may feel is what you choose to feel. so, when you think about it - the only person that matters regarding who and what you are as a person is YOU. no-one else is you. you do have to measure up to anyone else's standard's - only your own.

does that make sense?

[Shovelack]

I learn to accept myself by seeing how ridiculous everyone else is.