Acceptance

In a previous blog post I mentioned this quote by Bert Hellinger “Human beings can only love things that are imperfect because perfect has never been real and real has never been perfect” I wanted to touch this again but talk more about accepting yourself. You are imperfect and that’s ok. As Dr. Hellinger stated perfect has never been real so saving your love for yourself for when you are perfect its unproductive and harmful because perfect isn’t real. Humans aren’t perfect. Don’t strive for perfection in yourself strive for growth and acceptance.

If when you think of yourself and you list things like anxiety, depression, ADHD, and/or chronic illness you see this is negatives or things that need to be hidden, you are not allowing yourself to shine in your truest most authentic self. These things feel negatives and burdensome and deserve to be hidden. However, if you don’t eat what’s on your plate you’ll starve. That is so much easier said than done. Allow yourself some grace in knowing its ok to not be perfect. Accept yourself, the good, the bad, the ugly, the imperfect. You are perfectly imperfect.

Sending you all the love and acceptance,

Mickey

Mindful Monday ‘

I want to start weekly mindful Monday posts. I want to write short (no promises) mindful post. Like a weekly advice column. That will hopefully inspire a lettering or typography piece to go along with it. So advice meets art. Well anyways here’s my first one:

Success shouldn’t measured by your house or car and bank account. There are people who may lead you to believe the opposite. When people think of success they tend to think about material things. It’s like expensive material objects are receipts for they’re success. They may want you to believe that is how success is measured because they have the receipts to prove it. In all actuality you can have lots of nice things and not feel successful because you aren’t fulfilled. Fulfillment doesn’t mean meeting your wildest dreams. It’s the enrichment of your life. Did you do things today that made you happy? Did you give yourself the rest you needed? Did you learn something new? Did you spend time with someone you care about? Where you heard or allowed someone else to be heard? These enriching moments makes you feel fulfilled. Being fulfilled is success. It’s a receipt you don’t have but can still be seen. Try to take the time to ask yourself; have I enriched myself today? Tomorrow try focusing on that same idea. Make it a habit. If you measure your time on this earth not with possessions but with times you’ve felt fulfilled you won’t need those expensive receipts to be successful. No matter what, I’m proud of you.

Kindest regards,

Mickey