Kids are the worst. Everything I tell them, they are thrilled when they get the opportunity to dish the advice right back. Okay, maybe clients are worse, they love to tell me things that I have been telling them for months. It feels terrible at the time but is much needed when my brain goes psycho.
Case in point, my daughter and I love to get the paints out and paint whatever for hours. When she does not like what she has done or is upset that it does not look just right I am always telling her, “Stop, it does not have to be perfect. It is the thought that counts. People will appreciate your effort and that you did it for them out of love.” Sometimes she rolls her eyes, sometimes she hears me and moves on to acceptance or pitches it in the trash.
Boy, two days later, did I get it right back. I was making little motivational magnets for my clients and a giveaway. I had a perfect plan. I could see in my head just what they were going to look like. Not one of them turned out as I thought they should. I was huffing and puffing and acting all disgusted when my precious, Candace, said, “Mom, remember it is the thought that counts. Don’t be so hard on yourself. They don’t have to be perfect. People will appreciate your effort.”
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At that moment, besides the fact I wanted to poke my eye out, (and hers if I am honest), I knew what she said was true! I did want it to be just right and I did want each one to be perfect. Perfect has been the name of the game in the past, all or nothing. I had to be perfect with my diet, my exercise, my motherhood, my spirituality or I gave up and did nothing at all. Those days are over. Baby steps, day by day, moving forward, and leaving the past behind are the new way of thinking.
Soooo, I am swallowing my pride and having a give away.
How to win a magnet: Pick the magnet you want to win and tell what it means to you.
Four magnets-four winners. Contest ends Thursday night at midnight and winners announced Friday. (Candace will chose four numbers)
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