Self-acceptance Affirmation/Prayer

[Maat]

Rev. P (our female paster - yeah) had us affirm this at the last service:

"I know that God is the one and only Source of my being.

Spirit Itself created me. Life Itself lives through me. Love Itself sustains me. I am an important and connected part of this spriritual universe.

If God loves me enough to create me and give me life, then I can love an respect myself no less. Therefore, I no longer believe in unworthiness, limitation and shame. I no longer believe that I am undeserving of the best life has to offer. I deserve and accept all the good things in life - for myself and everyone else in my world.

I ACCEPT my own beauty, and I see it reflected in the world around me.
I ACCEPT my own power, and I use it wisely.
I ACCEPT my own love, and I share it freely.
I ACCEPT my own potential, and I live it fully.

My past, my false beliefs, and my feelings of unworthiness no longer limit me. I accept full responsibility for my life, my thoughts, my feelings and my actuons. I may not always like what I do or how I feel, but I choose always to love myself in the meantime. Never again will I judge myself as undeserving.

Growing and evolving feels good. Aceepting responsibility feels good. Giving myself permission to become the person I was meant to be feels good.

And I deserve to feel good about myself and my life. And so it is!"

Thoughts? I love it. If I said this everyday, to myself, I'd never be bummed out.

[wildflower]

1. I like this, because I believe in the idea of the instrinsic worth...

every person. I don't believe anyone is less worthy or more worthy than anyone else.

In my own experience, I know this can be a particularly difficult concept for the disabled who can't work (especially in the current political climate).

Thanks, Ma'at.

-wildflower

[Maat]

2. Take care, Wildflower!

I'm going to have to recite this to myself - oh, about a hundred times. My nickname is "Eeyore" for a reason. I've been going to the Church of Positive Thinking (Religious Science) for about a year now. It has helped, but isn't self-esteem always a struggle, at least a bit of a struggle?

I know what you mean about a disabled person. They might think that they aren't loved; a gay or lesbian individual might not in this hostile environment. A lot of women I know are questioning their worth. What an environment!

[elshiva]

3. Maat, I really love your posts.

This prayer is self-accepting without being self-absorped because it grounds one in God.