You don’t have to be perfect

You don’t have to be perfect to be loved

You only need to be yourself

So why is that so hard to do

Why are we so encouraged to look for our flaws

Sure we all have weak places

We may not fit the mould

Set for us by standards

That were never ours in the first place

And the harder we try to live up to the unreal and the impossible

The more we suffer shame, anxiety and panic

Why is it so hard just to love ourselves as we are

Where we are

And take gentle steps to improve

If that is for the best

Do we need to

Or do we just need to accept ourselves

Completely?

 

One must learn to love oneself …

with a wholesome and healthy love,

so that one can bear to be with oneself

and need not roam.

Friedrich Nietzsche