Relationship Goals: Do people find more peace and joy in your presence than they do in your absence?

The greatest gift you can give another human being is not your love, but rather your acceptance of them as they are. If you tell someone you love them, but you consistently show them that you do not accept them, as they are, then your love becomes a burden to you both.

Love without acceptance is conditional to both.
Love without acceptance is disappointing to both.
Love without acceptance is confusing to both.
Love without acceptance is frustrating to both.
Love without acceptance is painful to both.

If you want to improve your relationship with others first improve your relationship with yourself.

The key to accepting others as they are is to first accept yourself as you are, knowing that every day you are growing and improving.

You will find that there is more love in acceptance than you can ever express in words. It is a love that is authentic and it causes you to grow and become more of your true self. As you do, you begin to accept others as you accept yourself and they too experience the love that comes from acceptance.

Does this mean that you need to accept everything a person does? No, not at all. It means that you accept and love the PERSON. This is who they are right now. This is where they are today.

Spend more time accepting them and less time trying to improve them and you'll find that the relationship grows stronger and improvement becomes a mutual endeavor.
We each walk our own path. To hurry someone along in most cases slows them down. Just make sure that you are the best YOU that you are capable of being today and you'll find that you are more likely to bring out the best in others.

Affirmation: Today, I accept myself as I am with the knowledge that every day I'm growing and improving.