Go beyond "tolerating" your so-called shortcomings to actually accepting more parts of yourself. You may think that tolerating your foibles is an achievement in self-compassion, but tolerance is not the same as acceptance. Tolerance keeps you on guard - you are, effectively, only managing degrees of irritation with yourself. Instead, you accept that, for now anyway, this is what you've got to work with: strengths and weaknesses. Doing this creates an intimacy with yourself that can never be interrupted.
- Danielle Laporte (Best selling Candian author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and blogger. Forbes named her blog one of the top 100 websites for women in 2012, calling Laporte "a contrarian self-help guru").
We grow up being evaluated; at home, at school, at work and potentially by partners and friends. It's no wonder we're sensitive about our "short-comings." Just sayin' :) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
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