When you’re on your journey to becoming your greatest version, you start to learn how to love yourself. You also learn that loving yourself means taking stands and planting your feet firmly in this Earth and no longer wasting time on things, people and conversations that don’t serve you positively. From my experience this can and will affect relationships… especially, the ones that you hold near and dear to your heart. Usually in a good way, because loving and knowing yourself helps others decide how they want to handle you. If you’re too much for them, they will leave that hot kitchen. Some people will flee when an honest person is too close for their comfort, because they love their life in the matrix. Then there are those that not only choose to love you, but accept you. Because of you being true to yourself and having nothing to hide, others feel accepted by your own self acceptance and don’t feel the need to compromise who and what they are. Why would they when you don’t?
Goodness what am I trying to say here? Compromise is about giving something up to come to an agreement, or meet in the middle, to have peace in a way. In order to end conflict with compromise, you have to be willing to give something up whether it be a belief, desire, physical matter, something that you resonate with. Acceptance however, is all about coming to an understanding and agreement of things that cannot be changed (according to me definition). In a relationship, when someone accepts you physically, mentally, they are telling you that they are ready and willing to express without anything in return. They don’t want you to change your hair color or texture, dress size, philosophy, they just want you, and for you to be your greatest you.
Basically, find yourself, love yourself, and allow others to accept your true self.
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Yes! I recently had some folks leave my hot kitchen! This is just confirmation that I’m cooking the right stuff lol.
Thank you! I needed to read this.
You’re welcome! I know you’re cooking up greatness over there 🙂
lol I have my days. I just love that analogy!
This was so beautiful! And with acceptance, love also accepts that people grow and is willing do grow with you and continue to accept you in all the different phases you go through while growing.
” Usually in a good way, because loving and knowing yourself helps others decide how they want to handle you. If you’re too much for them, they will leave that hot kitchen.” This hit me so hard. I’ve had a lot of people that I wanted near me “flee” for this exact reason and it’s been a bit hard to deal with but I know they’re not here to make space for the people that should be. Really beautifully written dear.
Thank you! Yes, you are so right “grow with you”. I’m lucky enough to have experienced that with a couple people. Thank you for that reminder.