Self-acceptance is the door to happiness. I struggled my whole life with accepting the man in the mirror. I didn’t like my hair or the way I looked. I wanted to be someone else almost until I turned 33. Today, I am the man I am. I know all my flaws and strengths, and I am proud of myself. It is not something that happens without effort. At some point, I got tired of pretending and trying to be someone else. I stopped resisting and started listening to myself. Many emotions came up, along with small memory pieces and things I love. It took over a year, but in the end, I started to love myself.