Sigh. While I agree that we cannot replace or regain what was not given in childhood, I disagree with that idea that we must suffer the loss of it forever as an adult.

We can find acceptance as an adult. As a child you couldn't possibly understand the dynamics of relationships. Now, as adults we can. Acceptance does not come from others. It comes from inside. It is when we master acceptance of ourselves that we command it from others... and they usually obligingly comply.

We are not what others think we are. We are not our jobs, our homes, our work, we are not what we own or will buy. We are human beings. By that very fact alone means we are worthy of acceptance. If we do the best we can, then what more can we do? We accept that we do the best, at the time, for the situation, that any human can do. No one walks the exact same path we walk, and therefore they cannot adequately "judge" us. When we learn to judge our "self" by our own standards (and not what someone taught us out of neglect?) then we have the choice to stop "hunting."

What do you think?