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myself, are equally incapable of perfection. After decades of sainthood wannabes,

I finally got worn out from trying. Now, instead of attempting to make everyone

and everything fit my plan (an impossible task, even for a saint), I spend the

energy I used to use in sainthood school to be more grateful.

Because perfectionism is born of a sense of inadequacy, a lack, an attitude of

gratitude counteracts it by tapping us into the experience of abundance. Gratitude

makes our world feel complete and right. When we feel the fullness of gratitude,

we accept life just as it is—however messy, complicated, and drawn-outside-the-

lines that may be.

Gratitude not only helps us accept that the world is imperfect, but that we

are too—and that’s OK. For when we pour the oil of appreciation for life in all

its imperfections over our experience, we ourselves can’t help but be anointed.

Suddenly seized by joy for the crazy, mixed-up world, we recognize ourselves as

part of that world, and take our rightful place as a child of the Universe, perfectly

acceptable in all our imperfection.

So if you’ve been bitten by the “P” bug, try the gratitude antidote and see

whether it helps you give yourself a break.

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