Embrace: Acceptance

The SECOND part of EMBRACE is ACCEPTANCE.

Just as I accept that the sun will rise and fall, I must accept myself without judgment. I must embrace myself fully + completely. No matter what I must LOVE myself.

I am coming to see the truth of our perfection in the eyes of SPIRIT.  No matter what we do in this life our soul remains whole. This level of acceptance opens me up to LIFE.

When everything is flowing according to our idea of how things should be, it’s easy to feel in harmony with the rhythms of the universe. When there is a lack of alignment between what we want and how our life is unfolding, we’re more likely to feel disharmony, stress, or frustration. Yet it is our resistance to what is happening in the present moment that intensifies our distress… our fear and the frightening stories we tell ourselves about our situation magnify our pain. 
– 21 Days of Inspiration Booklet 

I have consciously been working on accepting me for me.  I have to accept the choices I have made in this life. I have to accept the good with the bad and move forward from where I am.

And I thought I had that down because I have found true love for myself, but there is always more that reveals itself when you began to do self-reflection.

There is always more of yourself that can be accepted and loved more fully.

I am accepting that I am drawn to paper, cutting and gluing and taping, collaging.  Connecting concepts, and images and thoughts.

Accepting that I have a habit of marking in books, dog-earing pages and reading multiple books at once.

I accept that I think in terms of space. I accept that I am drawn to personal stories.

Accepting that I am a list maker +a dreamer.

I am accepting that I want to do many things, but at the same time I am drawn to focus on one task at a time, and SIMPLIFY.

I am accepting that I will get frustrated and that is okay. That I might set a goal and have to recalibrate along the way.

While musing on this I wrote a little poem:

I am idea maker, curator, reader + researcher, colors, bare feet, crossed legs, thinker + tinker, collector, spirit + soul, creator, created + union, i am youth, ancient wisdom, and now. I begin with genius wrapped in LOVE. I am flower. I bear fruit. I stand in imagination grounded by FAITH. I seek infinity. I embrace the DREAM. I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY LIFE.

On this journey of pure acceptance I am learning about compassion for self.

Connect to your body, accept this moment, know that change is inevitable, and become clear on what you would like to see manifest. Your ability to co-create the next moment requires acceptance of the present…When your actions are motivated by love, your energy multiplies and you’re able to create anything you want. [LAW OF ATTRACTION] When you seek power and control over others, you waste energy chasing the illusion of happiness [YOU ARE BEING CONTROLLED BY THE EGO]. Set your intentions on expanding love and you will be able to manifest your desires with effortless ease. – 21 Days of Inspiration Booklet

but I can always change…

I remain unrestricted by definitions.

Part of acceptance is taking responsibility for my life and realizing that I have a choice in how I lead my life.

Acceptance is not giving up or giving it, rather it is a change of perspective.  I do not have to leave everything up to fate or find anyone or anything to blame for the circumstances I do not enjoy.

I can say yes to life.

THE ESSENCE: Acceptance is Power.

read this the next musing on EMBRACE.

Be Wonderful

♡

LaToya

Thank you for joining me on this journey of INTERIOR ALCHEMY.