BEING IMPERFECT

Mistakes can be doors to growth and new learning or doors to defeat and giving up.  The determining factor is my attitude:  will I accept my vulnerability and remain open to change or will I become defensive and rigid?  When I was younger I learned to hide and deny mistakes in order to stay safe.  I was taught to see them as shameful and dangerous, something to be avoided at all costs.  In order to be accepted I came to live out of the illusion of perfectionism.  I sat in judgment of myself and others, filled with expectations and 'shoulds', fearful of taking risks or rocking the boat.  No more.

I no longer need to be so careful and protective of myself.  I can allow myself permission to explore and try new things, to be spontaneous and creative, to stumble, get up and try again.  Through my errors and falls I learn to improve, change, trust and grow.  My worth and value flows from my 'being' not my 'doing' and my being is never wrong.  Today when I make mistakes I will breathe, accept my imperfection, embrace, comfort and reassure myself.  It is okay for me to be wonderful, imperfect me and for you to be imperfect you.  There is room for both of us to change and grow.  What a relief!