[ACCEPTANCE]

Acceptance

...is all we ever want. It can change our current mood and cause a difference in our perspective. 

Acceptance

...isn't when you void out the person for their gifts alone. Their gift IS who they are: their pain, their voice, their promise (past, present, future).

The background story is important. If we judge based off of natural human emotion and response, we are choosing NOT to accept the person. 

We hurt and harm when we don't feel accepted. We silence and separate when we don't feel accepted. We push and we fight because we WANT acceptance.

If we only acknowledge the gift, we forget that their is a story...to ACCEPT. 

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How do you feel about these statements? 

"I am only considered to be talented because I'm a person not fully accepted."

"I am talented because its the only way I can receive an once of acceptance." 

"I use my talent to be more accepted."

-Dionna PridGeon