Harvest Life Gracefully: Acceptance

Harvest Life Gracefully: Acceptance by Jane Jonas

To harvest life gracefully does not require you to like everybody but to accept everybody. I don't believe that is is humanly possible to like every single person you meet, because there will always be somebody that will say or do something that we disagree with. I bet I affect some people in the same way. In fact I know I do! The differences in people will make for variety in our life and it would be helpful to welcome and appreciate it. Just like we appreciate the variety of flowers in our gardens.

It is only necessary to accept people who are different than us, we don't have to like them, regardless of our beliefs, race, color or background. The differences in people will spice up the adventure in living if you would only allow it.

Harvest Life Gracefully: Self-Acceptance & Strenghts

Harvest Life Gracefully: Self-Acceptance and Strenghts by Jane Jonas

I discover to harvest life gracefully I need to concentrate and focus on my strenghts.

I believe for those of us who has grown up in a dysfunctional family or who has been abused and bullied usually develop an overwhelming sense of something is wrong with ourselves. If I allow this belief to control who I am then I will become withdrawn, and it will lead to feeling powerless and helpless. To overcome this insanity is self-acceptance. For me, self-acceptance is to honesty recognize my shortcomings and defects as well as all of my good points. Only by accepting and using my positive qualities will I be able to develop the strength to reduce defects in my character.

Have you ever heard this statement?

"What I am is God's gift to me. What I make of myself is my gift to God."

I like it very much because it help me to focus on how I want to grow as a person.