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I ACCEPT ME AS I AM

“The art of appreciation begins wi
“The art of appreciation begins with self appreciation” th self appreciation”
—Amit Abrahamt Abraham

—Ami

Students, how do you look? Are you beautiful? Do you love yourself? Self-acceptance
is essential for your mental and emotional well-being. It’s important to learn to love

yourself and the things that make you unique. It’s important not to focus on the
things you can’t change. Self-acceptance is defined as ‘an individual’s acceptance of all

of their attributes, positive or negative’. When we’re self-accepting, we embrace every
part of ourselves, not just the positive things! Self-acceptance is unconditional—you

can recognise weaknesses, but still fully accept yourself. Let us read the following
story.

Once there lived a crow who did not like her feathers. She always admired the
colourful feathers of the peacocks. She wanted to be one of them. “We all look so

dull and plain. Look how beautiful the peacocks are. I wish I were a peacock,” she

would say to her fellow crows.

One day, the crow saw many peacock
feathers on the ground. Seeing those

peacock feathers an idea struck her mind.

She gathered them and stuck them onto
her wings and tail and a few up from her

head to look exactly like the peacocks.

“Now I am as beautiful as a peacock,” she

said to herself. And so, she went to join
the flock of peacocks. But they teased

her and threw her out. The peacocks

clearly understood that she was not one
of them.

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