Perfection

Perfection: The state of being without flaw or defect. Definition: Webster’s Dictionary

“Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans. Not being perfect we reject ourselves. We are not good enough for ourselves because we don’t fit with our own image of perfection. We cannot forgive ourselves for not being perfect. Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they pretend to be. Our image of perfection is the reason we reject ourselves; it is why we don’t accept ourselves the way we are, and why we don’t accept others the way they are.”

Excerpts from the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

To insist on perfection precludes growth.

To accept imperfection as part of your humanness is to grow. If you love the part of you that you think is imperfect then the act of transformation can begin. If you deny what is your nature you become deeply attached to that denial. When you accept what is there, in its truth then you are released. One does not release through rejection. One releases through love.

 Excerpts from Nothing is Too Good to Be True Leona Evans

“Forgiveness is still, and quietly does nothing. It offends no aspect of reality, nor seeks to twist it to appearances it likes. It merely looks, and waits, and judges not. He who would forgive himself must learn to welcome truth exactly as it is.

Do nothing then, and let forgiveness show you what to do.”

A Course in Miracles

 It is your imperfection that people relate to not your perfection. An artist understands that imperfection is the universal message and is not afraid to reveal his or her humanity. Robert Oliver