Accept yourself.Everybody says you should. Every positive-thought guru has a set of affirmations for you. Every self-help book says it starts here.
But how the hell do you do it?Start by looking at the versions of self you’ve been before.All these versions of your past self have combined, transformed, and brought you to this point.To love who you are now — this version, Self: Present Model — to appreciate fully all you are and are not, all you have chosen, all you have to give, requires you to accept and appreciate the versions of self which have died to bring this You into being.That’s a bit tricky, isn’t it?Some versions of yourself you may not like.Some versions you look back on with disdain, or shame, embarrassment or dis-ease.
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