Perfectly Yourself. A book I have just started the adventure of reading and a book given to me by one of my most beloved teachers. Already, I am struck with the honesty this book has to offer and how much I could take from it. From simply learning to "be the best you everyday." Celebrate small victories, don't get obsessed with an enormous and overwhelming goal, and seek daily to learn and grow to become the best you, to become perfectly yourself.
So, this got me thinking, what do I consider to be "the best me?" I suppose I could answer this in a multitude of ways and there would be even more variance if you had asked me at different stages in my life. For instance, if you would have asked my this in middle school, I would have said that being "perfectly me" would be a stick-thin blonde that was insanely smart and witty, all while dressed to perfection. In high school, I would have said the best version of myself would be the girl that had that high school sweetheart that everyone dreams about, gets in to the best brand name college, and lives happily ever after. During college, the best me would be a marathon-running, unexplainably crafty, all while managing a 4.0 gpa kinda gal. And then we come to today.
You see, I have gone through a lot of growth, as we all do when it comes to our different developmental periods, and I love that I can recognize the pieces of life that I never thought I could conquer (or at least attempt to); insecurities coupled with extremely unhealthy body image, fear of being single for my lifetime, and even releasing the need to total and utter control over my life, which included my unnecessary perfectionist tendencies.
So here I am, March of 2015, a stronger person than I was 14 years ago, 4 years ago, even 4 months ago, and yet I still wonder, what would being "perfectly me" look like?
And here is the conclusion I have come to...
Being perfectly me means:
- I celebrate the small goals of passing my credentialing exams, my graduate classes (paper by paper) and don't focus on the overwhelming task at hand (a Special Education credential, Masters degree, and then my OWN CLASSROOM)
- Learning to daily love my family and friends in small ways and big ways, acknowledging that I have some incredible people in my life and I am so thankful for them
-Loving "the now." I am such a futuristic person, I forget to celebrate the small joys of today and focus so much on the days, weeks, and months to follow
- Having a healthy day. Daily I struggle, so a good day is a great day when it comes to my health and security
-Rejoice over the time God has given me to be single and have moments like there, where I can contemplate, grow, and mature
and
-Accepting that I talk too much, share too many stories, and love to sing a song if you accidently say lyrics in your sentences
So, being perfectly me is an interesting concept. One that I think can lead me to growing even further in to this so called "adult life" I am currently in.
How are you going to be "perfectly you" today?
"Try to live in the delicate balance between striving to improve in character while celebrating our unique personality and talents." -Matthew Kelly, Perfectly Yourself
So, this got me thinking, what do I consider to be "the best me?" I suppose I could answer this in a multitude of ways and there would be even more variance if you had asked me at different stages in my life. For instance, if you would have asked my this in middle school, I would have said that being "perfectly me" would be a stick-thin blonde that was insanely smart and witty, all while dressed to perfection. In high school, I would have said the best version of myself would be the girl that had that high school sweetheart that everyone dreams about, gets in to the best brand name college, and lives happily ever after. During college, the best me would be a marathon-running, unexplainably crafty, all while managing a 4.0 gpa kinda gal. And then we come to today.
You see, I have gone through a lot of growth, as we all do when it comes to our different developmental periods, and I love that I can recognize the pieces of life that I never thought I could conquer (or at least attempt to); insecurities coupled with extremely unhealthy body image, fear of being single for my lifetime, and even releasing the need to total and utter control over my life, which included my unnecessary perfectionist tendencies.
So here I am, March of 2015, a stronger person than I was 14 years ago, 4 years ago, even 4 months ago, and yet I still wonder, what would being "perfectly me" look like?
And here is the conclusion I have come to...
Being perfectly me means:
- I celebrate the small goals of passing my credentialing exams, my graduate classes (paper by paper) and don't focus on the overwhelming task at hand (a Special Education credential, Masters degree, and then my OWN CLASSROOM)
- Learning to daily love my family and friends in small ways and big ways, acknowledging that I have some incredible people in my life and I am so thankful for them
-Loving "the now." I am such a futuristic person, I forget to celebrate the small joys of today and focus so much on the days, weeks, and months to follow
- Having a healthy day. Daily I struggle, so a good day is a great day when it comes to my health and security
-Rejoice over the time God has given me to be single and have moments like there, where I can contemplate, grow, and mature
and
-Accepting that I talk too much, share too many stories, and love to sing a song if you accidently say lyrics in your sentences
So, being perfectly me is an interesting concept. One that I think can lead me to growing even further in to this so called "adult life" I am currently in.
How are you going to be "perfectly you" today?
"Try to live in the delicate balance between striving to improve in character while celebrating our unique personality and talents." -Matthew Kelly, Perfectly Yourself