Saturday, September 06, 2014

BEING PERFECT:


Recovery from codependency is an individual
process that necessitates making mistakes,
struggling through problems, and facing tough
issues.

Expecting ourselves to be perfect slows this
process; it puts us in a guilty and anxious state.
Expecting others to be perfect is equally
destructive; it makes others feel ashamed and
may interfere with their growth.

Expecting others to be perfect puts us in that
codependent state of moral superiority.
Expecting ourselves to be perfect makes us
feel rigid and inferior.

We do not need to go to the other extreme,
tolerating anything people throw our way. We
can still expect appropriate, responsible
behavior from ourselves. But most of us can
afford to loosen up a bit.

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