I Also Want To Be Perfect – #15 of 50 Things That Help Me Heal (video)

Continuing with the theme of permission . . .

Much to my surprise, I discovered one day that, “I just wish I was perfect!”

I had never thought of myself as a perfectionist. The empathic intuitive creative that I am is pretty far from the classic Type A perfectionist, but that is not the only kind there is.

A lot of us wish we could do things “right” all the time. How understandable is that?! I mean — we just want to do a job well done! It’s not wrong to want to do things that will likely never happen.

In fact, it’s okay to want things that will never happen. It’s okay for me to want to be perfect and to look at myself compassionately and think, “you’re not going to be perfect Sophia, but its very sweet that you want to be.”

So here we are accepting the reality of the perfectionist. Many of us want to be perfect — to never disappoint, hurt, harm, do it wrong. Whether we want to or not, we won’t always do it “right” and we will often wish we could.

The good news is that we will NEVER DO IT RIGHT!

By that same token, we will never do it wrong.

So let’s just keep doing stuff. You with me? How about we do it and learn some things, love as big as possible, and heal ourselves, each other, and the earth along the way.

SatNam.

50 Things That Help Me Heal is a collection of 50 bite-sized, short vlogs to help you find healing in, and from, anything. Learn skills that can help get you back on track to heal a broken heart, apathy, loneliness, body aches and pains, lack of self purpose, or whatever you’ve got going on. Here’s a hint: NO FIXING — There’s nothing to fix.

Come with me on a journey to learn down to earth, reality based concepts to help you heal without having to be perfect or positive all the time. We often think of “healing” as some mysterious thing that can’t be explained, and although we can’t explain it per se, we can develop skills and practices that promote healing while restoring our joy, love, and faith. Watch Now >>