clean42day
06-23-2006, 11:58 AM
Letting Go of Old Beliefs 23 June
Try harder. Do better. Be perfect.
These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how
hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us
and keeps us unhappy with the good we've done.
Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can never achieve their
goal. We cannot feel good about ourselves or what we have done while
these messages are driving us. We will never be good enough until we
change the messages and tell ourselves we are good enough now.
We can start approving of and accepting ourselves. Who we are is good
enough. Our best yesterday was good enough; our best today is plenty
good too.
We can be who we are, and do it the way we do it, today. That is the
essence of avoiding perfection. ...M.B.
__________________________________________________ _
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing
can be changed until it is faced.
ligha and love
Gail
Try harder. Do better. Be perfect.
These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how
hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us
and keeps us unhappy with the good we've done.
Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can never achieve their
goal. We cannot feel good about ourselves or what we have done while
these messages are driving us. We will never be good enough until we
change the messages and tell ourselves we are good enough now.
We can start approving of and accepting ourselves. Who we are is good
enough. Our best yesterday was good enough; our best today is plenty
good too.
We can be who we are, and do it the way we do it, today. That is the
essence of avoiding perfection. ...M.B.
__________________________________________________ _
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing
can be changed until it is faced.
ligha and love
Gail