Thursday, December 30, 2010

Acceptance, Not Resignation

Stephanie at Radical Hateloss has a great post today about acceptance vs. resignation...
People often worry that by accepting their bodies or themselves that they will lose the motivation to become more healthy. They confuse acceptance with resignation...

Resignation is saying NO I don’t like my body; NO I can’t change my behaviors its too hard, NO! NO! NO…why bother? Acceptance is saying YES, I can love the body I currently have, YES I will choose behaviors in congruence with that love with ease.
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2 comments:

  1. Yes! Same thing with confusing contentment with complacency. Thank you for posting this.

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  2. Nice one, Lydia! Don'tcha love vocabulary?!

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