The current culture would have you believe that accepting yourself as you are means not caring about what people think of you. And don’t get me wrong—part of self-acceptance is not caring about what the world thinks. But do you see where the flaw in that definition is? It puts the focus on the world—not on you. How could that be self-acceptance? What our culture calls self-acceptance should instead be called indifference to what others think. Self-acceptance is accepting your self. Not caring what the world thinks of this self of yours is a by-product of self-acceptance, not the other way
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