One accepts the fact that he may be tall, short, intelligent, not intelligent, rich, unrich, successful, or unsuccessful at life. One also learns to accept that he may be easy to anger, easy to disturb, easy to sadden. One also learns to accept that he may be demanding, obsessive or even controlling.

This does not mean that one ought not to make efforts to change towards a better version of oneself but before making these efforts one ought to come to terms with whoever he is.

Huge amounts of our energies are wasted in lamenting about our past, or about the lack of resources or about our perceived personal shortcomings.

When we learn to accept the facts of our lives and label them as just being unique then we give ourselves and our lives multiple opportunities to evolve.

Here are three suggestions from the top of my head on how to go about accepting ourselves.