Eureka! I have found the one thing that all mankind is after. We want it, we seek it, we covet it, we almost beg for it. But we seldom get it! What is worse: we seldom give it! And when we do, we add a lot of # *, conditions applied in fine print (and even red bold caps sometimes).
Is it so difficult to accept people for what they are?
It starts from the time we are in our cribs.As we grow, we yearn to earn parental praise and approval. While there is nothing wrong with that, how many times have you done just what your heart wanted (even when you know its perfectly normal, legal and sane) and not feared that your parents will not accept it? Many of us live in a constant fear of what our parents cannot accept. Even so, sometimes parents are the only people who will accept you the way you are. Their love only raises the 'acceptance' bar without them knowing.
Grow up and you find it is not just your parents but the whole world's expectations you have to live up to! No one is really willing to take you as you are. The only real deal we ever sign up with the world is to keep changing to be accepted.
We all crave the same things from everyone else - love, respect and acceptance. Maybe it would just be easier if we learn how to deal with the giving than the taking.
Is it so difficult to accept people for what they are?
It starts from the time we are in our cribs.As we grow, we yearn to earn parental praise and approval. While there is nothing wrong with that, how many times have you done just what your heart wanted (even when you know its perfectly normal, legal and sane) and not feared that your parents will not accept it? Many of us live in a constant fear of what our parents cannot accept. Even so, sometimes parents are the only people who will accept you the way you are. Their love only raises the 'acceptance' bar without them knowing.
Grow up and you find it is not just your parents but the whole world's expectations you have to live up to! No one is really willing to take you as you are. The only real deal we ever sign up with the world is to keep changing to be accepted.
We all crave the same things from everyone else - love, respect and acceptance. Maybe it would just be easier if we learn how to deal with the giving than the taking.
Indeed! Well put.
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