<\/p>\n
There are so many ways to get distracted by our daily struggles
\nTo give in\u2026to frustration and emotion
\nTo the energy in motion we, or others, generate
\nTo capsize, just when we finally get our boat to float
\nWhen, after days of going nowhere fast, we finally catch wind
\nOnly to wobble, then topple over
\nBecause we found another hole or tear in our tattered sail<\/p>\n
There will always be another inconvenience
\nAnother limitation
\nNot enough time, energy, money
\nAnother shortcoming or shortfall
\nA feeling of falling short
\nThere will always be another personal weakness to address
\nAnother symptom
\nAnother misperception to correct in our Self
\nThis ALL holds true<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t have to create a full stop This, then, is permission to not be perfect At that moment when you begin to question your abilities, Stop. Leave the past where it belongs: Back there And you get to be you: Perfect You You also get to be Wise One, the True Self, who surprises you now and again You get to be a Goddess<\/p>\n Without dark clouds of perfectionism overshadowing, you get to receive your own Light<\/p>\n Your struggles do not diminish your Light Your struggles give rise to the kind of Art<\/strong> that only you can make<\/p>\n So be messy This, then, is permission to not be perfect Artwork: Card from the Intuitive Energy Divination Deck: SHIPPING NOW! Click here to order.<\/a><\/p>\n The post Permission To Be Imperfect<\/a> appeared first on Jessica Shepherd<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are so many ways to get distracted by our daily struggles To give in\u2026to frustration and emotion To the energy in motion we, or others, generate To capsize, just when we finally get our boat to float When, after days of going nowhere fast, we finally catch wind Only to wobble, then topple over [\u2026]<\/p>\n The post Permission To Be Imperfect<\/a> appeared first on Jessica Shepherd<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe journey can continue<\/em>
\nperhaps this time, though, with less perfectionism<\/p>\n
\nAnd to move forward anyways
\nWhen you are tired, bleary-eyed and not at all your best
\nWhen the wind is not at your back
\nWhen things are seemingly working against you<\/p>\n
\nwhen you are taking inventory of all you feel you cannot be, or do
\nor all you have not yet been,
\nbecause\u2026because\u2026because…it has happened in this way so. many. times. before.<\/p>\n
\nGive yourself a break.
\nThis is not your Identity. The suffering is real enough but it is not the Truth.
\nIt is this difficult\u2026somedays\u2026yes, it is
\nYet you can feel the struggle when you are in it, and then you can let it go when you are not.
\nYou have this power: You can set it down.
\nYou can move forward, unencumbered in yourself, without the albatross of perfectionism weighing you down,
\nthat dark shadow causing you to believe that because you are not, right now,
\nor because you couldn\u2019t, yesterday, you cannot ever. No, not ever.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYou do not have to bring it into this moment, or the next
\nJust because it happened once, or a hundred times, before doesn’t mean it will happen, again, today
\nYou get to be right here, right now, fresh and new<\/p>\n
\nWith your questions and unsolved mysteries
\nWith all of your: weaknesses and struggles and oh my god the inescapable stories your mind generates
\nYou get to be tired, make mistakes, be unpolished, incorrect, and messy
\nYou get to be the student, the one who is making it up as she goes along<\/p>\n
\nYou get to be the playful Sprite who springs to life when the Inner Critic silences
\nYou get to discover new ways to play, relax and nurture your Spirit
\nAnd when you discover a Grace you hadn\u2019t known existed within you, Yes, YOU…<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThey allow You to shine in that certain pattern and way
\nYou are the potter who learns to work with the clay it\u2019s been given,
\nand what ails you, plagues you, refuses to leave you alone\u2026 gives your life its specific work, shape, focus<\/p>\n
\nSpeak aloud
\nStumble over your words
\nTake the risk
\nThen, change your mind: If you don’t like what you’ve created, do it over again<\/p>\n
\nDecide to do that thing that you\u2019ve been wanting to do
\nIn spite of not being …rested\/clear\/ready\/perfect\/… enough
\n(YOU are enough)
\nDo it anyway<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.moonkissd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sig-1.jpg)