Perfectionism
Do you suffer from perfectionism?
When you miss the turn to a store you wanted to go to do you say to yourself ”Oh, well… I didn’t really need to go,” instead of turning around to go back? When you miss a day with a new exercise routine do you then feel so ashamed and dissapointed with yourself that you don’t ever get back to it? Do you have trouble learning new things because you can’t stand to be in the place of not knowing what you are doing?
I believe perfectionism is one of the most destructive personal demons of our time, because it denies our very human nature. When we can’t have a do-over, when we can’t pick up and start again, when we can’t be in the place of not knowing, then we can’t change. And if we can’t change, we can’t grow, we can’t learn new things, we can’t play and discover all that we might in this exciting and fabulous creation that we’ve been invited to be a part.
So, as you may note… I am battling this personal demon of mine by picking up my abandoned blog and starting again… While I have visited my own feelings of shame and dissapointment for falling off the blogging wagon in the first place, I am giving myself a do-over, I am declaring all is not lost, I am getting back on the wagon and saying perfectionism be damned!
It’s good to be back!
March 03 2010 04:48 pm | Spiritual Struggle
