Do you feel a need to be perfect?

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It is often good to remember that one of our goals in life is to 'not be perfect'. We often lose track of this and when we make mistakes, we think that we are not measuring up to what's expected of us. Life becomes much less demanding once we stop trying to be perfect and aim for imperfection instead. This doesn’t mean that we don’t strive to be our best. We simply accept that there is no such thing as perfection,especially in life. We are all in a ceaseless state of movement. At this very moment our hair is growing, our cells are dying and being reborn, and our blood is moving through our veins. our life changes more than it stays the same. Even if we reached perfection for a moment, it could not last and trying to hold on to perfection or forcing it to happen causes us nothing but frustration and unhappiness. In spite of this, many of us are still in the habit of trying to be perfect. One way to nudge ourselves out of this tendency is to look at our lives and notice that no one is judging us to see whether or not we are perfect. Sometimes, this thought that we have to be perfect is a holdover from our childhood, an ideal we inherited perhaps from a demanding parent. We need to remember that we are adults now, and we can choose to let go of the need to perform for someone else’s approval. So don't be too hard on yourself the next time you fall short, your body will thank you for it.