Excerpt: Chapter 9: Self Acceptance

Self Acceptance

By far the most common milestone discussed by the participants
was self acceptance. Lorelie credited accepting and letting go of
her past as central to moving forward to her future. No matter what
expression was used (being comfortable in your own skin, at peace
with your life choices, happy with who you see in the mirror and many
others) the goal is the same. Being who you are and feeling happy
with that person is a milestone women across the country strive for.
Jennifer said that her milestones are all wrapped up together and each
was necessary for the whole of who she is.

Self acceptance may be reached at any time along the lifespan.
There are some self-possessed people who come out of the womb
knowing who they are and where they’re going. They are the women
who make the rest of us feel inadequate without doing anything at all
and don’t know why others feel inferior. For the rest of us self acceptance
is a process. We go through periods such as childhood and our
early twenties just living with little thought to the future or the big
picture. There are carefree times when we are too busy doing to obsess
about our lives.

There are however, times when self absorption is necessary.

Now might be that time.