Cheerful Acceptance every 5 minutes

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"To be beautiful means to be yourself.  You don't need to be accepted by others.  You need to accept yourself." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Imagine, your second alarm goes off at 5:30am (the one you set for the 5am workout you rarely do has gone off and you ignored it).  On any other morning you would have spent 15 minutes of badgering, or worse yet belittling self-talk, but this morning you are practicing Cheerful Acceptance so you think, "hmm..guess I needed a bit more sleep this morning...that's okay."

You walk in the bathroom, catch yourself in the mirror and instead of continuing the negative self-talk with things like "uggh...look at that stomach, I should have exercised this morning..." you think to yourself, "I have been eating healthier, and even though I missed my workout this morning, I am more active...I am making improvement."

You finish your shower and go to the closet and instead of fumbling through the clothes thinking, "man, I have nothing to wear....nothing that looks good...I need a new wardrobe..." you think to yourself, "I have to change things up a little, how can I make the best of this a put something together that makes me feel good....I have been working hard, maybe I can treat myself to a new outfit at the end of the month, after I pay the bills."

It is now 5:45am.....only 15 minutes and you have found 3 opportunities (for you closet statisticians out there that is once every 5 minutes) to change the negative self-talk into Cheerful Acceptance of who you are and what positive things are going on in your life.  If you can find a place to practice Cheerful Acceptance every 5 minutes, think how many times a day that will translate into!!

What negative self-talk can you turn into Cheerful Acceptance today?  All you need to do is find 5 minutes and you can make a positive step forward!  Have a GREAT day!!