Self-Acceptance

Learning how to accept myself helped me change. It took time, but eventually, I moved on from my feelings and addressed the issue of acceptance. Acceptance was a very important part of the healing process for me. It is a tool I learned in 12-step programs. It doesn’t change the basic situation, but it ends our struggle against things that can’t be changed, leaving more energy to focus on the things that can be. Acceptance amounts to surrendering your pain so that you can move on. You just give it to God or some benevolent force in the universe and in return you get the serenity you need to heal your wounds. To get started I recommend the first half of the very popular Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change.”