Acceptance

It is a different concept to many.  It isn't hard for me to accept many things, but when I was younger, and people treated me a little differently, I had a hard time accepting myself.  You see, I have always been "on a different page" "looking with a different eye."  As I look back, I can smile.  I realize that if I had accepted myself, like I do now, it wouldn't have mattered and trying to fit in the box wouldn't have been such an issue.  Do we accept ourselves?  I guess that is a question we need to ask.  What I have learned is that once we do, it doesn't matter a whiff if anyone else does.  That is sort of cool, don't you think?!