"develop our sense of having a right to be, the knowledge that we are enough as we are, and that we have no points to prove;" [by me] - the last part [no longer needing to prove points to anyone] is the final piece of this "being enough" jigsaw, I think, and getting beyond that is a big one.
Ahhh, yes, that ol’ need to prove (and this has played into my limiting beliefs about productivity, too) that we can do, be, and excel beyond comprehensible definition. Never works out, always leaves me sad and filled with shame. Self-acceptance is where its at, but man is it hard!
The bathtub scene about made me cry and yet the writing blew me away with its authenticity.
That feeling of being enough and acting as enough in a world that literally sells the opposite truly is, as you wrote, a divine act of courage.
"develop our sense of having a right to be, the knowledge that we are enough as we are, and that we have no points to prove;" [by me] - the last part [no longer needing to prove points to anyone] is the final piece of this "being enough" jigsaw, I think, and getting beyond that is a big one.
Ahhh, yes, that ol’ need to prove (and this has played into my limiting beliefs about productivity, too) that we can do, be, and excel beyond comprehensible definition. Never works out, always leaves me sad and filled with shame. Self-acceptance is where its at, but man is it hard!