Practice makes Perfect

"[What if] there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough? Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough." -- Gail Sheehy

What a world that would be huh?! Where exactly do we get such an insatiable need for perfection anyway?? Who exactly are we trying to be 'good enough' for?? 

Ourselves. That's the real answer. And that's the scary part.

Just admit it. We are much harder on ourselves than anyone else would ever be. How many times has a friend come to you with a major catastrophe only to hear you say, "don't worry, it's not that bad!" For some reason we can accept others wholly -- flaws and all -- and realize that's enough. But when it comes to ourselves it's a different story. 

We are too often our own biggest obstacle to happiness. Yet even upon knowing this it's still difficult to overcome. What's the award for being 'perfect' anyway...and why do we all want it so badly?? Sounds like a lot of work to me. And ironically enough, even as the logic pours from my brain....I already know that where perfection is concerned....logic doesn't apply. There's nothing I want more.

I often wonder what the world would be like if everyone faithfully lived by the 'Golden Rule'. Would we see a difference in the world.....or ourselves?? Is that way of life even possible??

Perhaps if we all stood still long enough to count our blessing we would realize that we are all more than enough. It's when we realize this fact that we truly start to live.