Accepting the Bliss in Appreciating Myself

By Suzanne Pantazis Yes, there was a time when I did not appreciate myself, for the simple reason that I was overweight. It didn’t matter that I was hardworking, successful, honest, ethical, highly respected in my community, and a loving devoted mother. All that mattered was that I was fat. I felt inadequate because of my obesity. [...]

Accepting is Not Settling

By Susan Vernicek When you look up the word accept, you get many definitions because it can be used in various ways, which we all know.  I recently met a very intelligent, inspiring, and motivated individual.  I enjoyed meeting with her because she is such an amazing entrepreneur that she caught my attention.  Even though [...]

Accepting I Was Raised On Rich Food

By Stephanie Peterson I was raised with my feet in dirt and my hands in bread dough. My father is a church gardener and my mother is a whole grain baker. Consequently, there was never a lack of experience in growing and creating food during my adolescence. Despite the rich life I had with close [...]

Nobody’s Perfect: What’s Your JetBlue Moment?

What is your not-so-perfect way? Done something that you’re not proud of?
 You’re not perfect? In what way? Tell us and share with others. “I love this topic, nobody’s perfect. I have met many who think they are . We all make little no no’s in our life. Great web site I am enjoying it [...]

Not Accepting a Pity Party

By Val McLeod One day I decided to have a full blown pity party. It was in one of those moments when no matter how hard I tried, things just seemed to not go my way. I felt like I was channeling “Badluck Schleprock”. So a pity party seemed quite apropos. If you are like [...]

Acceptance Throughout Life

By Catrina The idea of acceptance changes throughout life; in elementary school I would’ve said acceptance means being included and embraced by the popular crowd, but now that I’m a college student, it means something completely different.  It means embracing who I am on the inside and out, and not trying to change it based [...]

Nobody Perfect: 23 Women Tell All

What is your not-so-perfect way? Done something that you’re not proud of?
 You’re not perfect? In what way? Tell us and share with others. “I love this topic nobody’s perfect. I have met many who think they are . We all make little no no’s in our life. Great web site I am enjoying it [...]

Accepting as I Age

By Sid As I approach 50, accepting new parts of my physicality gets a bit more challenging, as I'm right at the cusp of losing whatever Id liked previously. But here it goes… I've always thought I had pretty, expressive eyes and a sincere smile. I see the crows feet and wonder if I'll ever [...]

Nobody’s Perfect: Your Career

What is your not-so-perfect way? Done something that you're not proud of?
 You're not perfect? In what way? Tell us and share with others. "I love this topic nobody's perfect. I have met many who think they are . We all make little no no's in our life. Great web site I am enjoying it [...]

Boticelli, Boticelli, Boticelli

By Christine Walters Muse of Merriment – Inspirational Comedian I'm not gonna lie, my body image can get me down. But as I get older, I tend to focus on body image less and less. A good reason for this is do to my husbands encouragement to sell our scale at our yard sale last [...]

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