To try not to think things is self defeating. When we push our thought away, mainly because if ramifies on our self image of who we are or what we should be according to popular standard, we are disowning ourselves in bits and pieces. We are living in denial of who we really are. When these ugly or unconventional sides of our person arise, instead of trying to push them away, we have to try toexamine them calmly for their emotional content. The problems with a crude pushing back are that these things still arise but they arise as unconscious behaviors that could get one into serious social, and, or, psychological trouble. Accepting oneself is to accept oneself whole and admit at least to oneself that everything is not so peachy. There in lives then the possibility and fact of growth.
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