Someone once said that self-acceptance is not about being happy with everything about yourself but to be okay with most of you. That there is more good than bad in you and that you feel more comfortable than uncomfortable with being you. Put differently, you do not look at how bad you are but rather at how okay you already are and how good you can become. Instead of saying that you are a “0” on a scale of 1 to 10 you should say you are a 5 going for 6 or a 7 going for an 8,5. This means that you do not see yourself as useless, but being “okay” going for better.
“But I am ugly” or “I am fat” you may say. Well you can stick with that view or you can accept that you are not what you want to be and then get started towards what you wish to be. The good news about true self-acceptance is that you do not have to become perfect or reach a certain level of maturity before you can accept yourself. No, you can do it today - as you are. All it takes is a decision.
Self acceptance is to say to the world that because you think you are okay that is what they can or should think about you as well. See, people will generally think about you what they see you think of yourself or what you make them think about you. If you can look past your so-called shortcoming so will other people. In fact, you can be the ugliest person on the planet but if you can make your inner beauty shine through many people will never see you as ugly.
Accept yourself and so will the world.
