Accepting ourselves, past and present

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Whatever we did in the past, that’s what seemed like the thing we had to do or wanted to do.  We didn’t have the wisdom to know any better. We were actually like a different person then. It’s where we were, and where we had to be, given our background, and what we believed at that time.


Now we are wiser, and part of that wisdom is knowing that we can accept ourselves just the way we are and accepting what happened in the past. 


If we don’t accept it in the present, we’re making a new mistake right now 

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