In comparison

Comparing my first livejournal to my second, I was extremely downhearted throughout the latter. A lot of that probably had to do with my hopeless love situation, but some of it also had to do with my utter lack of self-esteem and self-love. I was so hard on myself last year, but that's an era that has come and gone, I hope. It's all water under the bridge, now.
And that's what amazes me. I have not a great deal of self-acceptance, but it's more than I had in years past. I think I'm coming to terms with myself, and my being. I'm accepting the flaws that I cannot change, and I'm embracing all the good. Those cracks that can be repaired are under reconstruction, and the rest is doing pretty damn well.
This, for me, is huge. For once in my life, I'm finding comfort in my own skin.