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Free yourself from perfection

Posted on by philipdodson

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Perfect – to be completely free of faults or defects.

Perfect is something we are often conditioned to strive for, but why?

Why do we yearn to be perfect or have things that are such?

Yet the most interesting things, that we really love and desire, are imperfect. Imperfect in a way that we can not always put into to words, but the feeling is so strong.

Imperfect is interesting, creative, different, exciting, fun, it has a story, it has a meaning, it has sacrifice and passion. Imperfection is full of positivity, free from judgement and is a place of accepting things for what they are.

Perfection is only possible for a moment and then something or someone will spoil it with criticism or improvement. Perfect is boring, unremarkable and is a negative drain on our energy. It is a way of controlling us to keep working harder, to comply, to follow the rules.

Break the rules and celebrate being imperfect and realise that imperfection is what makes life a wonderful gift.

Free yourself from the slavery that is perfection.

This is not a dry run

Posted on by philipdodson

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Life is not a dry run. It is the live show, from the moment we are born, it is the real thing, not a practice or test run.

Yet we often say to ourselves ‘I’ll do that, when this happens’ or ‘it is not the right time’ or’ I’ll do it next year when I have more time’.

The only certainty about life is, it is a deadly journey, one that will end the same way for all of us.

It is the bit between the start and the end, that we control. Sure the more you try something, the better you get.

However, for a great deal of our lives, we are doing slightly less than our best, as we are reluctant to go all the way and create our best.

The other thing, unlike a game, we can’t go back to the start and have another go. We can of course learn and get better, but we can not go back to the start of life and reset. Yet we seem to live as if we have boundless time, endless ‘goes’ and there isn’t a finite amount of time.

Interestingly, we live like that, even though our last day could be today or 10 years from now, we just don’t know. However, we often live, procrastinating on things, as if life was an endless thing.

So from the moment we are born, the cameras role, there is no pause button, you’re the main character in the film, so don’t hide in the shadows practising your lines forever, at some point we have to take centre stage and do it for real.