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Q. Why should we accept ourselves as we are? Why should we accept ourselves with all of our inabilities and deficiencies? A. Because inabilities and deficiencies are not what is really important. What is really important is moral merit --- it is things like honesty, goodness, kindness, integrity, character. It is on these things that we will be judged by God in the end. We will be judged by what we were, what we became, what we did, in a moral and spiritual sense. If in spite of obstacles, hardships, inabilities and deficiencies we were people of goodness, integrity and character we are worthy of an even greater prize. Mental and physical deficiencies and inabilities are not what makes us inferior. Moral deficiencies make us inferior. If we see things right, if our value system is right, if our priorities are right, if we look at things the way God looks at them, we will understand this. We will not have problems with self-acceptance and self-esteem. Physical Appearance. How about people who are dissatisfied with their physical appearance, who regard themselves as homely or ugly and have a complex about it? The truth is physical attractiveness may be a big negative when it comes to spiritual considerations. The attractive person is likely to be subject to many more temptations towards doing wrong than the unattractive person. The attention he gets from others, the power that he finds he has over others, etc. can be more of a spiritual curse than anything else. Plainness and unattractiveness can keep a person humble, save him from a lot of temptations, and make virtuous living easier. Nov 1991
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