So, I have decided that being
imperfect is just fine, that it’s a growth opportunity for me.
I screwed up today.
Yup, I did.
I don’t like to screw up,
some people may get a kick out of it, but I don’t. Maybe it comes from being the oldest
child. There is something to that, first
born children are usually people pleasers.
Well however I have come by
trying to be perfect, I am giving it up.
Actually I have been trying to give it up for, oh, say all my life!
So, I think today is the
day. Time to call it… that’s it!
I found a sign that I put
up, “Life doesn’t have to be perfect to
be wonderful.”
I would bet that lots of
people struggle with this perfection thing…so maybe we could all decide to let
it go together!
Maybe a national “Give
Perfect a Boot day!”
Ok, I’ll stop.
But, truly trying to find the
right way to live your life, a way that is mostly good, mostly kind, mostly honest
can be hard.
Each day we get a fresh
start, a chance to try again.
That can be the beauty of
messing up. Knowing that you get to try
again tomorrow.
Actually, it is through the
mistakes we make, that we learn the most.
It’s not fun to mess up, but
it’s good for us.
Trying to live your life in a
state of perfection is first, impossible, and second not nearly as interesting.
Allowing ourselves the right
to periodically mess up, screw up, make a mistake, gives us the chance to learn
and grow.
That’s what little children
do every day. Imagine what would happen
if a child never tried to figure out how to do anything unless it was perfect.
Wouldn’t happen… actually it will never happen.
Kids demonstrate day after
day that they are working, learning, evolving… as they take their first breath,
learn to sit up, learn to crawl, learn to walk…etc!
We would all be big slugs if
we chose to give up when we didn’t do something perfect… we’d still be waiting
for someone to feed us and carry us around!
So, I guess in all of this, I
am doing some personal self-help.
Allowing myself the intelligent thought that perfect is not even a
remote possibility… and not even something that is good for us humans.
We need to mess up… or we
would never learn.
Until next time,
Pam
