Only Life - Acceptance Quote
The world is cruel enough. To self-accept is not to give up self-improvement. It is letting go of the unreasonable standards you have for yourself - standards you’d never have for another person. And it is learning to show up exactly as you are right now and knowing that that person is worthy of your love.
(Do you ever get used to quoting yourself? Not there yet.)
Speak them out loud. It feels awkward. But your body is listening.
“If we only get one life, I want to spend it fully present in body and mind.”
4 Tips on overcoming our own weird feelings about our stutter and learning to accept it
Some days, it may feel like the world is against you, but you have hope. Hope that things can change. And that you can be a part of that change.
It takes a sound - usually the sound you’re going to say but not always!! - and just STRETCHES it out.
Having a disability is not being broken. Hard stop.
“I held out hope for years that something, some day, would magically cure me. But nothing did. The only thing that ever eventually made a difference was me.”
Today’s lesson is *checks notes* repetition. This is an easy one. Think Porky Pig. Got it? Done.
When you say you want you or your loved one to speak “normally” - there’s a few issues here.
In the moment, stuttering feels endless. But the secret is the opposite - the word will eventually come out. Even if it takes awhile.