Perfection Isn't Everything
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Often I find I struggle with 'perfectionism'....the desire to be and do everything perfectly...all the time. As I've gotten older I have learned how to combat this way of thinking and change it...sometimes though I need a reminder that doing my best (even when that's not 'perfect') is always more than enough.
I had planned, for example, a much longer, more 'perfect' post today but since Monday night I haven't had more than 5 hours of sleep and have been working constantly because of the snow and ice we've had here in other parts of the state. So instead of not posting because the one I'd planned on it's done...I'm going to leave you with a quote to think about instead :-)
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of good deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly..who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. (Teddy Roosevelt)
Perhaps a need to be perfect isn't something you struggle with. But if it is, I hope you'll remember that nothing you do (or don't do) can make God love you any more or less. You can't earn love you've already been given! I hope you'll remember that it's okay to 'just' be you...that's more than enough!
Love,
Andrea
I had planned, for example, a much longer, more 'perfect' post today but since Monday night I haven't had more than 5 hours of sleep and have been working constantly because of the snow and ice we've had here in other parts of the state. So instead of not posting because the one I'd planned on it's done...I'm going to leave you with a quote to think about instead :-)
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of good deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly..who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. (Teddy Roosevelt)
Perhaps a need to be perfect isn't something you struggle with. But if it is, I hope you'll remember that nothing you do (or don't do) can make God love you any more or less. You can't earn love you've already been given! I hope you'll remember that it's okay to 'just' be you...that's more than enough!
Love,
Andrea
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