So, for most of my life I have had this mentality that I either do it 110% or I don't do it! This, while in theory sounds wonderful - hey she's a motivated, driven person, she's going to go full steam! It is a great mentality most of the time, but like everything in life it needs to have boundaries. I tend to quit if I cannot be perfect! Silly little mental block thing I have going on.
Okay so along with all the other things that I have been wanting to do in my life, learning to not be so damn perfect is ranked right up there! Who do I think I am anyway - nobody is perfect, in fact I have learned to love all the little imperfections in each of us. We live in this society where everything is judged; your clothes, the car you drive, how physically fit you are, what you ate for lunch (I had a pita today YUMMO), if your skin looks good, are your eyebrows where they were 10 years ago. UGH it's too much!!
Repeat after me "NOBODY IS PERFECT"!!
(did you say it?)
(just checking)
No but really - I have had this mentality that I had to always do things perfect all the time. It has made me extremely fearful of failure to be honest with you! I would sometimes think if I had a bad eating day, or if I didn't make it to the gym, or if I didn't do as well as I wanted to do on a class that I was a total failure and would never succeed. Pardon me for a moment while I call myself an idiot....but really I was acting like an IDIOT! It's just silly of me to put that much pressure on myself to do everything well all the time - I always tell my children "Give everything in life your best shot - that's all anyone expects out of you" but I wasn't buying into that notion myself!
So, I'm here to say that we don't have to be perfect...in fact I think I personally like and get along with some of the most imperfect people best!! How dreadfully, painful would every day life be if it were all cookie cutter perfect - ugh I think I'm going to be sick just thinking about it!
So, as always....let me encourage you to go forth with your day being totally imperfect!!!
Until my next great epiphany....
S.
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