We are willing to accept others for who they are. When things go wrong for others we react with sympathy and empathy. But why is it difficult to accept ourselves.

Self-acceptance is an important part of life and maturing. It’s hard to get very far in life without accepting yourself for who you are. It’s so easy to excuse bad behaviors and weaknesses, talking up your strengths to try to hide the weaknesses.

In order to grow and mature, you need to accept your strengths and weaknesses; after all, how can you expect to work on and strengthen your weaknesses if you don’t know what they are or deny their existence