Perfection
This blog discusses the challenges of striving for perfection, particularly in the context of recovery. The author stresses that true grace and progress come from this continuous effort, rather than an unattainable standard of perfection.
Hello All,
Have you or anyone you know struggled with perfection? Trying to be perfect is a really difficult task. I don’t know anyone who is perfect or has perfected anything. Sometimes we place a ton of pressure upon ourselves trying to be perfect. One way we do this is by pushing ourselves to live a perfect life of recovery. The problem that I’ve noticed is that when things aren’t perfect or we struggle during our walk of recovery, it can at times feel like we are never going to make it or succeed.
I am here to tell you that less than 1 percent of the people in recovery become clean/sober for the very first time and stay that way for the rest of their lives.
Perfection is an illusion. The best one can do is to get up, dust themselves off when they stumble, and move forward. If you want to practice perfection, practice dusting yourself off and moving forward when things aren’t perfect. To me, the grace we receive from that simple strategy is perfection today. Lighten up on yourself and understand it’s ok not to be perfect today. God bless you all,
- Mark
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