Accepting other people as they are.

[Spirit of Light]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

I don't know. I never challenge anyone over their appearance or how they do things. In a moment of rudeness and lack of tact I might express curiosity or admiration, but that's about as confrontational as I can be. I wonder if people might not prefer being challenged to being ignored.

 

[Gargovic Malkav]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

I heard someone talk about a mirror with a text on it that says:
"Have you ever met a normal human being? Did you like it?"

 

[Aštra’el]

What do you mean by “accept”?

 

[Spirit of Light]

What do you mean by “accept”?

To me personally itmeans to accept that others will do or feel things differently than me, and by that let them be themselves.

Of course if someone braking the law one should inform them about it.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

Here is a short dark joke about normal:
Go out in your kitchen if you have one and find 3 different spoons and then with objective reason, logic and evidence show, which one is the normal one.

I mean I have been doing objective reason, logic and evidence show for 25 years now, but I have never come across evidence for all versions of positives and negatives as only objective.

 

[Aštra’el]

To me personally itmeans to accept that others will do or feel things differently than me, and by that let them be themselves.

From your perspective… if I am completely indifferent to someone, does that count as “accepting”?

 

[Spirit of Light]

From your perspective… if I am completely indifferent to someone, does that count as “accepting”?

Yes

 

[Kenny]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

My wife lived in a colonial style home in Venezuela that was falling apart. Renting rooms to make ends meet, having a community kitchen and dozens of mice roaming around throughout the house.

I accepted her.

But was it normal? Or is "normal" simply what you were accustomed to living with.

What is "normal"?

Today, she can't live with mice in the house.

 

[Spirit of Light]

My wife lived in a colonial style home in Venezuela that was falling apart. Renting rooms to make ends meet, having a community kitchen and dozens of mice roaming around throughout the house.

I accepted her.

But was it normal? Or is "normal" simply what you were accustomed to living with.

What is "normal"?

Today, she can't live with mice in the house.

Normal is an individual experience

 

[Kenny]

Normal is an individual experience

In our view, God accepts us the way we are but then changes us into what should be normal.

 

[Vinayaka]

I think we pretty much have no choice but to accept people as they are. The other choice would be to accept them as they aren't.

 

[Spirit of Light]

In our view, God accepts us the way we are but then changes us into what should be normal.

Do you believe God are happy with me accepting who i am ?

 

[Stevicus]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

One of my favorite movie lines from Slap Shot

"You really married a weirdo. He don't run with the traffic."
"Speakin' of weirdos."
"Me? I'm normal."
"Yeah? Well, then, normal is ****ed."

 

[RabbiO]

Do you believe God are happy with me accepting who i am ?

Are you asking if G-d is happy with you for accepting who you are or are you asking if G-d is happy with you and G-d accepts who you are?

 

[Kenny]

Do you believe God are happy with me accepting who i am ?

We have a saying in our church... you are loved, accepted and connected! (within context of my signature)

Love - love covers a multitude of sins. Love is a gift, it isn't a work/release program where you must earn it. No! It is freely given. He doesn't love you more if you do more and he doesn't love you less if you don't do more. He is love. A gift.

Happiness in a relationship is really a "work relationship". I'm happy if you do.... I'm not happy because you don't do... God isn't in the "happiness" business of works. He is in the "joy" business of love. Scripture says that Jesus presents you faultless with "joy" before the Father! (not happiness). Joy is a state of being that doesn't change.

Not saying that we should do works of love but it isn't a basis for His relationship with us.

Accepted - Many people say "I know my parents love me but they don't accept me as I am". But God not only loves you but accepts you. He is not embarrassed when we are not perfect. He doesn't reject us because we are flawed (anyone who say we aren't is lying IMV). He accepts us as we are. He simply takes the broken pieces and makes something beautiful out of it. We are His kintsugi, making us more valuable.

But the final position is connected. We are connected to Him with purpose.

We always go back to the manufacturer's manual to find what needs to be changed and we let the Holy Spirit work in our lives to transform us back into "Made in His image and His likeness".

There is a power of the brain that we can actually create what we believe and making it into what we see. If we think we are no good, then we create and become no good. If we think we can or can't, we will create it.

But if we connect to God and look at our blueprints, we will become what God created us to be. As Paul said, "PHILLIPS But all of us who are Christians have no veils on our faces, but reflect like mirrors the glory of the Lord. We are transfigured by the Spirit of the Lord in ever-increasing splendour into his own image.

That is what connecting to God and His blueprint does to us. What I thought I was, I am no longer because I have stared into the mirror of Jesus -- and when anyone does that, change happens.

More than "happy", God is joyously in love with you! (Within the context of my signature)

 

[Spirit of Light]

Are you asking if G-d is happy with you for accepting who you are or are you asking if G-d is happy with you and G-d accepts who you are?

I asked if @Kenny thinking Hod would approve of my change as a human

 

[Alien826]

I think there is one situation in particular where we would be wise to accept how someone is. That is in a close relationship.

Accept the fact that you are not going to change him/her and then decide on your actions.

By "accept", I don't mean "like" or "approve of", just face facts.

 

[JustGeorge]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

I don't think this is something only 'weird'(lack of a better term) folks think about, I think its something many people do. In all honesty, I think people who are perceived as 'normal' in society worry about it more frequently.

We've all got an element of strangeness to us. Some choose to hide it. It might be for personal privacy, or introversion, or fear of being judged.

Humans are richly diverse.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Do you think peoples attitude toward other people who challenge norms of "being normal" actually struggle with their own being and their own way of being "normal" ?

I know i used to be like that until i accept who i am.

Looking at many great apes, it's normal to be a part in a crazy an wild world.