You Are as Perfect as a Banana

Bananas are often called the perfect food. They're
healthy, delicious, and (best of all)
because of their rind you never have to
worry about who was touching it. But did
you ever notice that bananas are green when
they arrived at your grocery? Logic would
dictate that bananas are picked green so
they can ripen en route to your store, but
that is incorrect. I'll tell you why in a
moment...

Bananas may or may not be perfect, but you
definitely are. Before you doubt me, do you
know the difference between perfection and
perfectionism? Here it is in a nutshell:
perfection is what you are (warts and all)
while perfectionism is what you think you
ought to be.

Perfection is wonderful. Perfection is
vital, robust, and lots of fun. Perfection
is full of surprises because it includes
inconsistencies, contradictions, and
imperfection. When you allow yourself to
experience your perfection, you are
confidently aware of your abundance of
resources because you possess everything
necessary to get the job done.

Perfectionism, however, is no fun at all. Perfectionism
is deadly serious, it is a bottomless pit
that excludes imperfections and
contradictions. When you are lulled by the
lie of perfectionism, you are desperately
aware that you are lacking the resources
necessary to get the job done.

So how do you stop perfectionism and accept
your perfect self?

Look to my Fun Commandment, Laugh With
Yourself. The best antidote to
perfectionism is the willingness to laugh
with yourself because your humor nature
stamps out perfectionism, while reinforcing
your perfection. And laughing with yourself
is an effective way to call your humor
nature into frequent action.

Of course, you must remember that laughing
with yourself does not mean you should
humiliate or demean yourself. Willingness
to laugh with yourself is the very opposite
of self denigration because it is a way of
affirming that you are worthy of respect and
consideration. Not in spite of, but because
of your inconsistencies and contradictions.

Laughing with yourself is a statement that
your imperfections are a valuable part of
your perfection.

Next week I'll share some sure-fire
techniques to help you laugh with yourself.

And, by the way, bananas are not picked
green so they can ripen on the way to your
store. They are picked green because they
become inedible if allowed to ripen on the
stalk. You, however, are perfect no
matter how far into the ripening process you
are!

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Some Humor for the Week

"Computers make it easy to do a lot of
things, but most of the things they make it
easier to do, don't need to be done."
Andy Rooney