It's a phrase I just stole from Henri Nouwen. He entitled a chapter in "The Inner Voice of Love" (sounds like self-help, huh?) with those words. Avoid all forms of self-rejection.
A former counselor instructed me to wear a rubber band on my wrist and snap it lightly whenever I started thinking derogatory things about myself. My new counselor says this sounds like a mean way to learn to be nice :) It worked though. And the less I judged myself, the less I judged others. It was a natural outcome. Things started to flow.
And now I'm working on the same issue again. So here is today's list of things I will no longer hesitate to embrace about being me. I'd like to hear yours...
perpetual ice cream stickiness on my forearms
frizzy hair and mismatched clothes
lateness. aaaaaalways late :)
dirty fingernails
more alive in evenings than mornings
2-3 week infatuation periods with new hobbies
enjoy thinking about books and buying them than actually reading
becoming best friends with the AAA slim jim guy
cavity teeth from too much coffee
I think that's a good start. Tomorrow will bring new opportunities to grow.
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staying in my pajamas until 3pm, when i have no agenda.
showering at 4pm every other day, whether or not i have an agenda, i make it home for that.
the indulgence of oatmeal and ice cream, in one bowl,
only being able to read 8 pages in a book before i fall asleep,
always wanting to put a card in a piece of magazine for an envelope,
never wanting to make my bed.
always cutting myself when I shave... always...
slurring my speech and becoming incoherent both during the early mornings and the late nights
pants that don't fit the way I want them to
socks that are too big
only taking out the garbage when it grows taller than my desk
I think its interesting that the things that people dislike and have a hard time accepting about themselves are the ones that others admire so much in them.
perhaps this is cheating, but this blog has been on my mind all day, and now i feel like i more or less rushed my answers earlier, thus i have realized my answers from earlier were quirks about myself, quirks that i like. i wouldn't want to change my daily 15 hours of pajamas or my obsession with peach ice cream and oatmeal. with hours of pondering behind me, i have created a list of things bekah will embrace...
my inherently messy room, including my unmade bed.
the empty shampoo bottles that i leave in the shower until one month later when i take them out and down to the recycler.
leaving my clothes on the drying rack until a week after they were washed.
cutting my bangs nearly everytime i straighten them.
i feel better. thanks for the retry :)
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