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How can I control my perfectionism?
All love is here in the asking of a personally important question. Perfectionism is simply the desire to have results predetermined, that there be no risk, no ambivalence, no question about the outcome of one's work ever, and such is not the way of life or of growth.
Growth best occurs when there is a willingness to risk, to make mistakes, to jump into the unknown, to present your creative endeavors to the public, to yourself, and to your God who knows their truthfulness, their value.
Success is in the doing, and the final measure of your effort is not in the acquisition of fame or fortune, but in the growth achieved.
So if one fails, makes mistakes, go also from that point. For indeed the only failure is in giving up.
How do we know what we can control in our lives?
You can control yourself, your attitudes, your responses to situations, and you can chart a path for your life. But you cannot control all the events and circumstances that you will encounter moment by moment.
Your powers of manifestation are immense, yet the earth is set up to bring challenges into your life, not to punish you for some past mistake, but to strengthen your soul. As you travel through storms, as you meet demanding situations head on your soul will become stronger.
Indeed, challenging circumstances and adversity can be blessings, a chance for you to discover your true inner strength, see the true width and breadth of your soul.
You must simply accept what you encounter, respond to circumstances with love, grace and toleration, deal with situations as best as you can, and avoid blaming yourself or others when troublesome events happen.
Even with the best effort to manifest, what you encounter may not always be what you wished, but how you respond can always be as you wish.
And thus the difference.
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