Interesting

I came across an interesting caption.

"Self acceptance is hard for many of us. There is a
voice inside that is constantly judging, first
ourselves and then others. That voice enjoys the
indulgence of an endless negative critique. Because we
have learned to believe negativity is more realistic,
it appears more real than any positive voice. Once we
begin to replace negative thinking with positive
thinking, it becomes utterly clear that, far from
being realistic, negative thinking is absolutely
disenabling. When we are positive we not only accept
and affirm ourselves, we are able to affirm and accept
others.

The more we accept ourselves, the better prepared we
are to take responsibility in all areas of our
lives...
Taking responsibility does not mean that we deny the
reality of institutionalised prejudice. For example,
racism, sexism and homophobia all create barriers and
concrete incidents of discrimination. Simply taking
responsibility does not mean that we can prevent
discriminatory acts from happening. But we can choose
how we respond to acts of injustice. Taking
responsibility means that in the face of barriers we
still have the capacity to invent our lives, to shape
our destinies in ways that maximise our well-being.
Every day we practice this shape shifting to cope with
realities we cannot easily change."

- bell hooks, "all about love"