The real me?

Here's the Story of the Day:

impossibly balanced between her memories of herself & her mirror in real life

The Ten Steps of Acceptance

When you accept someone:

Step 1: You honor the full sweep of your emotions.

Step 2: You give up your need for revenge but continue to seek a just resolution.

Step 3: You stop obsessing about the injury and reengage with life.

Step 4: You protect yourself from further abuse.

Step 5: You frame the offender's behavior in terms of his own personal struggles.

Step 6: You look honestly at your own contribution to the injury.

Step 7: You challenge your false assumptions about what happened.

Step 8: You look at the offender apart from his offense, weighing the good against the bad.

Step 9: You carefully decide what kind of relationship you want with him.

Step 10: You forgive yourself for your own failings.