what even is perfectionism??
boy, this single word sure does mean a lot of things to a lot of people, huh?
what even is perfectionism??
If there is such a thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our own. – Richard Rohr
“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
-John Steinbeck
Wanting to be enough for someone else is self-abandonment.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
Until we’re treating ourselves with dignity when we are struggling, we’re not healing.
Heidi Priebe is in motion • Tweet
Excellence emerges from intimacy with imperfection
Laura Cincera • Tweet
my working definition of perfectionism is that it's the pathological need to be perceived as both special and exceptional, because you learned that love and acceptance are conditional on being perceived that way
Most people live their lives in between these 2 emotions-
1. Hope that if they achieve something, they will find happiness.
2. Fear that if they lose what they have, they will never be happy.
The day you understand neither of them are actually true is the day you are free.
1. Hope that if they achieve something, they will find happiness.
2. Fear that if they lose what they have, they will never be happy.
The day you understand neither of them are actually true is the day you are free.