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Perfectly Imperfect!

Have you ever suffered from “perfectionism”? The symptoms may include:

  • controlling every detail so “it” turns out “perfectly”
  • stressed, uptight, ever afraid of “failure”
  • limiting the activities you participate in because you can’t “do that one perfectly yet” and you might look foolish

Today’s secret is this: No one is perfect. You will NEVER be perfect. A goal of human perfection is doomed to fail. 

But celebrating ourselves on the journey of being our “perfectly imperfect human expressions” is expansive, joyful, freeing!

Where would a dose of imperfection free you?

 

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Act Natural

Summer officially ends in a few days but Fall activities have likely picked up. Perhaps you’ve begun to feel harried, overly busy, behind the eight ball. Perhaps the gift of summer, the freedom, joy, play, lightness, ease, spaciousness, are already a thing of the past.

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So I wonder, before any more time passes,

How might a summertime mindset support you now?

Click on the collage for more questions to spark ideas!

 

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The Paradigm Shift

Sometimes, even “new software” isn’t the answer. Sometimes the shift that Life is asking us to make is as drastic as shifting from PC to Mac (yes, this would be drastic for me!) or:

  • leaving the typewriter behind to use the computer
  • dropping your land line and using only cell phones
  • the Pony Express to the U.S.P.S to e-mail

Or maybe the shift is from intelligence and reason to intuition as your primary guidance system. The paradigm shift can be scary, uncomfortable or painful. Its potential impact on other aspects of the world around us – enormous. Yet, sometimes refusing to take the leap of faith is even more painful or destructive.

Where is Life asking you to leap?
What can you vision on the other side?

Let the vision be your courage! Enlist your support team and jump!

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Time For New Software

Then there are those times when the old program has outlived its usefulness and it’s time for something new. Perhaps you were once a Word Perfect user who is now fully invested in Microsoft Word. (Yes, I know some of you spent decades releasing the typewriter for the computer!)

Take a look now at your life – thoughts, activities, relationships.

What thought patterns are not congruent with who you are now?
What activities no longer serve you?
What relationships, formed by a different you, are perhaps detrimental?

 Where is new software needed?

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Time for the Major Upgrade

Sometimes software needs more than a point release; it requires a major overhaul with powerful new features and the letting go of older, no longer compatible features. The new version may – and may not – resemble the old in look and feel. Ideally, it is easier to use and has wonderful new features. And it just might be so different that it takes the user way outside their comfort zone for awhile!

In life, you might be at a crossroads. Perhaps you are ready for a major upgrade with respect to self-care habits, how you spend your free time, how you earn a living. You may be ready to begin a workout regime, change to a vegan diet or find a new organization in which to share your talents. Know that large-scale changes such as these can feel very uncomfortable! Know also that you need not move through them without a support team, guidance and encouragement.

Where are you ready for a major upgrade?
 What does your support team look like?

What do you vision down the road?

Keep your vision easily accessible as encouragement through the discomfort!