That girl knows more about life at age 9 than most people do at age 50.
What is perfect anyway? I can't even begin to define it because perfection means something different to every body. Some people may view perfection as having a nice big house where everything is displayed as if Pinterest came to life in all of their rooms. Other's may view it as having the fittest body and the cleanest diet, not a care in the world and eating carrots like I eat Cheetos....I mean, carrots are nature's Cheeto right?
Perfection to me is eating the salad AND the cookie. Having a HOME filled with love, laughter, and a few messes from where memories were made. Exercising to feel healthy and happy, not to have the medias idea of a perfect body. Finding adventures in the small or large city you live in.... no town is too small to have an adventure. Forgetting to put make up on before your work day starts because you made an epic breakfast and you were dancing too hard in the kitchen to remember.
You have to let go of society's version of perfect. Nobody is "PERFECT". We all have our unique qualities and "Quirks" that make up our personalities, embrace them.
Those of you who really know me, know that I am basically organized chaos. I have the worst anxiety about being late so I am typically over an hour early. I mimic a tornado when I enter a room<-- I still don't understand how I do that?! I run everywhere I go (I mean in stores to get groceries, helping customers, etc) and I come on strong like a shot of whiskey. I own one (maybe 2??) pair of high heels and I cannot even begin to tell you where they might be.... ugh, its like walking down hill all night, who truly enjoys that? These are all things that I used to be self conscious about. I would be nervous of how people viewed me or even judged me. But then I remembered ........ who cares? If someone doesn't like the fact that I ran across a store to get them a jacket to try on, then they don't see the fact that I just want to deliver great service in the shortest amount of time. If people see me out and about in a cute sundress rocking some running shoes and judge that I should throw on a pump... they might get jealous if the zombie apocalypse happens and I can move faster than them. Sorry hunny, if you aren't fast, you're food. See?? how simple is it to turn your insecurities into POSITIVE QUALITIES about yourself?! :) I am still working on the Tornado one.... maybe it will be like the movie "Signs" where the little girl leaves her glasses of water everywhere and ends up saving her entire family.
Another thing that you need to embrace is: FAILURE! It's okay to fail, it means that you tried! Every time that you try again, you just get better and better. Success doesn't happen over night or without failing a few times...maybe even hundreds and hundreds of times. Keep trying and don't give up on your dream. This is something from the movie "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" One of my favorite Disney movies <3 I tell this to myself almost daily, because I fail.... daily! Enjoy :)
So now, go on and keep failing until you succeed! And like Rick from the Walking Dead says
YOU ARE PERFECT :)
BE HAPPY, BE BRAVE, BE COURAGEOUS AND BE KIND!
Love this post! When I read about you entering a room like a tornado I can relate. Sometimes I feel like that tornado is always in my head even if it does not look like it on the outside.
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