Perfectly imperfect!

This afternoon, as we sat relaxing by the pool, my daughter asked if she could paint my nails. I'll be honest, my first reaction was that I didn't want her too because my OCD worried that it would look too messy! And then I thought about it and decided that it would be fun, and besides I didn't want to hurt the feelings of my 5 year old!!! In fairness, my nails turned out quite good and I love how perfectly imperfect they are.

It can be hard when we want everything to be perfect. The reality is that nothing worth doing is ever going to be perfect and the mistakes or mess teach us more than the perfection itself. In some ways, I am learning to love the imperfection of life, and living in the gray allows me to fully embrace all that life has to offer.

So today I DARE you to do something perfectly imperfect. Maybe you'll paint your nails but do so with your non-dominant hand. Perhaps you'll send a text and intentionally let the spelling mistake stay in it. Whatever you decide, as hard as it will be to see the mistakes, let go and trust that nothing 'bad' is going to happen as a result.

I get it. You're probably cringing at the thought of doing this. Trust me - I am the same way!! When I realized that there was a mistake on the back cover of one of my books, I was sooooo upset. And then I decided that it was a perfect example of living with life's imperfections and in reality, it doesn't change the book and content. So see, if I can do it I know you can too!!! Go on, you've got this!!!