When you start accepting yourself, you stop struggling to present yourself as smart, strong, kind, sexy, or any other pretense. Self-acceptance allows you to be authentic. You can finally relax, and more of the inner real you comes forward. You have no shame or fear of revealing yourself when you accept yourself unconditionally. This attitude spills over onto others for whom you have more compassion and acceptance. You won’t feel the need to control or change them or even convince them to agree with you.
