ACCEPTANCE: (if you want to truly love yourself)

to take or sustain without protest or repining -
(repining - to feel or express dejection or discontent - to long for something)

CONCEDE: to accept as true, valid, or accurate
to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly

Synonyms: bear (with), endure, pocket, swallow, tolerate, tough (out);

Related Words: acquiesce (in), agree (to or with), assent (to), subscribe (to); respect; bow, capitulate, yield

Idioms: abide by, put up with

EXAMPLES:

For the potter: to ACCEPT a mound of raw, unworked clay and accept it's imprefection, knowing that with work, it can become a beautiful work of art

For the writer: To put words down on paper as they come to mind and accept that with work, it can be a wonderful story, poem, documentary, journal

For the painter: To have a pallet of oil or acrylic paints in globs and accept that they can become a beautiful picture. The same for an empty canvas or one that has undefinable marks on it