Social issues like self-acceptance

Self-acceptance is more of an individual issue rather than social. It refers to self-happiness and
love for oneself. We come to this world without any protocol or regulation. Our skin, body, hair,
eye, etc are all biology and not under self-control. We are raised by our parents and until the
age of 8, we never conclude acceptance. We don't understand the equations of conscience. We
make many mistakes. Those are corrected by our parents. We begin seeking acceptance from
our parents. We build our conscience accordingly. We react to situations based on what we
were taught. Our morals depend more on our lessons. When we enter adulthood, we continue
making mistakes. They may be such that they are unacceptable. We believe the negative things
that our parents told us when we couldn't fulfill their expectations. We affirm them. Our parents
in anger may have told us unattractive, blatant, incompetent, selfish. We make thousands of
assumptions. At some point, we deny them and decide to leave. Morally, it's not wrong. We give
utter importance to society, we live in. It's not our fault because we were taught to live and
behave in a manner that is suitable for others. It's hard for raped women to breathe in a society.
She is already traumatized by the incident. She begins experiencing ignorance and that makes
it impossible for her to build hope. That is when she decides to take her life. What's the point of
living according to society, if it provokes me to take away my life. It's hard for us to accept
ourselves looking at the tons of mistakes we made. But what was her mistake? Was it because
she ignored the accused or defended herself physically. Whatever it is, she tried to protect
herself. If you're a man, you are expected to behave manly, else society gives you names. If
you have a point of view in contradiction to the mass, you'll be vilified. The point is happiness
doesn't come from anything or anybody around. It comes from within. When we start accepting
our mistakes and affirm to not pardon, we begin to open. We don't worry about others' opinions
regarding us. We built a point of view. When we forgive our mistakes and treat oneself with
kindness, it leads to the path of self-compassion. Self-acceptance is more about self-
compassion and less about self-esteem. We need to love ourselves and stop worrying about
society. There are many ways to practice self-acceptance. Detach negative thoughts and
appreciate positive ones.