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Healthy paradoxes: Perfection!

I hope y'all had a really great holiday. In fact, I hope it was perfect!

Which brings us around to another healthy paradox. Perfection.

Ironic, isn't it, that many of us see our supposed faults all too clearly. Too short, too tall. Too blonde, too brunette. Too talented at one thing, not talented enough at the other. Too yin, too yang. Too lax, too ... well, perhaps too perfectionistic!

And yet when someone else points out one of those very self-same supposed shortcomings, we'll fight to the death to convince them (and ourselves) that it doesn't exist. Funny!

Try this on for size: The truth is you are perfect. Furthermore, everyone you know is perfect! Now there's some food for thought!

Perfection, according to our friends over at m-w.com, can be defined as "pure, total, complete, and lacking no essential detail." Sounds a lot like the process of healing doesn't it?

When you are whole and complete, you want for nothing. You affirm that you're in the perfect place at the perfect time with the perfect people. While you may be striving to tweak your circumstances (I think most of us do), you are meanwhile existing in a state of satisfaction and contentment; enjoying the process. You see those around you as whole and complete, too.

Life is good!

You are whole and healthy.

And that's a great way to begin the new year, don't cha think?

Breathe and relax. Affirm your perfection. Be in the moment. You're there.

P.S. For more on your underlying state of perfection, check out Stress In The Background: How to Thrive in a High Stress World.

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Elizabeth Eckert, PhD

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