Perfection is impossible – let it go!

How many times have you torn up something in frustration because it didn’t turn out perfectly? I have. Have you made cookies just for the joy of it and ate all the imperfect ones? When you waddled out of the kitchen, did you see anything wrong with that picture?

Now, I am sweet as honey (not!) but one day my husband got really angry at me. He slammed his hand on the table and yelled, living with you is like living with Joan of Arc. It took a while, but I got rid of that costume. PERFECTION is not something wonderful. PERFECTION is just a shield.

I say :

  • Trade in your perfection for a willingness to be wrong.
  • Trade in your perfection for your vulnerability. I promise you’ll enjoy your life more when you take off the armor.
  • Trade in your perfection and fail faster. Make huge mistakes, learn from them and move on.
  • Trade in your perfection for personal excellence. Compete with yourself. There will always be someone better than you are and someone worse than you are. Accept that. You will feel the stress roll off your shoulders when you can say to yourself, I did my best.

Do you realize I said, when you say to yourself, I did my best… Believe it or not, you are your own boss. You are the artist of your life.

How many of you think of yourself as artists and creators? You don’t, do you? Do you realize you create your life with every word and every thought? You are the one who writes your script and if you don’t like it you can erase what you wrote. You can write a new script! Create a happier, more satisfying life right now with:

  1. ACCEPT where you are right now without denial.
  2. ASK your heart what you want, and then ask for it.
  3. PERFECTION Erase it and replace it with excellence.
  4. The red ribbon that ties up the whole package is TAKE YOURSELF LIGHTLY. We are as unique and magnificent as tiny kittens. Drop the grandiosity. Drop the self-importance.

Your life will change because You Are the Artist of Your Life you wrote your script, and you have the power to rewrite it.

If you remember nothing else, remember this – the greatest work of art you will ever create is your own life.