Perfection

 "Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved."

W. Somerset Maugham

Thoughts: 

I used to want to be perfect ... until I tried to determine what the heck perfection is.

And I never really got anywhere with that until I started thinking about who my heroes were;

Gilda Radner, Toni Morrison and my great aunt Edith

Angela Merkel, Barbara Streisand, and my gammy and my mom

And the qualities I admire about these women is their sincerity, faith in their own values and dreams, and their humour, empathy and caring. Their unapologetic commitment to being themselves whether they were thought different, ridiculous, wrong, egotistical, or any of those other feelings I wanted to avoid by being perfect. 

And my belief that pleasing others was the goal to strive for eroded and the weight of always trying to be perfect lifted. (Which was a big relief because it is really hard to be perfectly something that is defined by what others think)

And so continues my evolution 

Cheers

Jeanne