Acceptance 101: I am not the Judge, Jury, and Executioner 🤭 | Heart Inspire Art

the Cringe
Rather than the Grinch that stole Christmas, I wanted to share about this video right here as my Cringe before Christmas.
When listening back to this video, I cringed a little. I was like, do you really need to say things like this; and in the spirit of answering myself, I was like YES!
I struggle with acceptance because I have been "self reliant" for so long, even though there is no such thing as self reliant in my book because we were created to be in community and PLUS how can I be self reliant if I'd go hungry if the resources I needed to survive never existed. I can't even rely on myself for the breath I breathe for Pete's sake! 🤭
I have gone through many years of life not wanting to accept things.
Not accepting that:
⚠️ people were generally wanting good for me even when some of my past experience would say otherwise
⚠️ I could not see myself the way God made me to be, because my past experiences sought out to suppress my light, increase my doubts, crush my drive for better, steal my voice, and degrade me emotionally I at times can be blinded to the goodness
⚠️ That I am love, even through past pains, mistakes, and not so proud moments, that I have a Loving, Merciful, Wonderful, and Forgiving God.
My yesterdays are my yesterdays, my 10 minutes ago I can't take back ⌚, it's in the past what I can do today is pick up my mat and walk as it is written in John. ‭
(Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”) - John‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭NIV‬
I choose to accept the good, the not so great, and the everything in between aka LIFE as it comes my way. Rather than thinking I GOT THIS; I CAN DO IT ON MY OWN, I will choose to accept my shortcomings, strengths, confusions, doubts, worry, etc and tap into my support systems and network (church family, blood family, the Bible, prayer, groups, etc).
If you did not already know, I write for me and hopefully along the way it may be a door for another.