{"id":694,"date":"2010-07-20T08:08:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?p=694"},"modified":"2010-07-20T08:08:40","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T15:08:40","slug":"always-something-there-to-remind-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"Always Something There to Remind Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dearest Readers,<\/p>\n<p>Self-acceptance. I always forget this part. I strive to be better. I try harder. I do more. I grow. I heal. I recover. I practice. I&#8217;m all about self-improvement. But self-acceptance? I forget I need to do this, too!<\/p>\n<p>All of the above work has all been monumentally positive. But what I forget to do in all my striving is to accept where I am. I get so caught up in the desire to heal that I often neglect the healing that is taking place <em>now<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This observation was made last night by a friend of mine with whom I was having a phone conversation. I was sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?p=687\">a recent experience<\/a> with her and she said, &#8220;We think it&#8217;s about self-improvement but it&#8217;s really about self-acceptance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boy, did I need to hear this. I need to hear it over and over again. I really do forget! It&#8217;s like I have a mental block around this little piece of information and it&#8217;s so vital, so important, and when I hear it I think, &#8220;How can I have forgotten this <em>again<\/em>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the process. Remember, integrate, forget, be reminded. Rinse and repeat.<\/p>\n<p>What I am thankful for is that I have people to remind me. Left to my own devices I would charge ahead without taking the time to say, &#8220;This is where you&#8217;re at. This is what&#8217;s happening. Acceptance is Presence. Stay here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to be reminded.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Inspiring Message of the Day: <\/strong><\/em>I will take the time to practice self-acceptance today. There is nothing to improve, nothing more to strive for, nothing to learn. I&#8217;m at where I&#8217;m at and that is that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dearest Readers, Self-acceptance. I always forget this part. I strive to be better. I try harder. I do more. I grow. I heal. I recover. I practice. I&#8217;m all about self-improvement. But self-acceptance? I forget I need to do this, too! All of the above work has all been monumentally positive. But what I forget&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,816,325,817,473,475],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gentle-reminders","tag-inspiration","tag-inspiring-message-of-the-day","tag-motivation","tag-self-acceptance","tag-self-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}