Melody Beattie: 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact

Originally posted Feb. 27, 2014

This inspirational quote is from "52 Weeks of Conscious Contact" (Meditations for Connecting with God, Self, and Others). This actually ties in with the quotes, concepts, and ideas that I share with you. And that is, we need to love our complete selves, both the bright, shiny parts and the dimmer ones.

"It is easy to believe that loving ourselves unconditionally means only accepting our lighter, brighter parts. Most of us have a lot of guilt about who we really are. Challenge: The hardest part about seeing the dark side of ourselves is getting in touch with what we may see as forbidden and unacceptable.”