This is a JOY-killer!
This is a JOY-killer!
Just a minute here....I need a smile!
There are many things that can squash your joy, but this one tops my list. Children and pets are smarter than adults because they don’t care about this useless human trait. They simply enjoy life AS-IS, without trying to change everything around them. Like temperature, lighting, smells, sounds, etc. Can you see the JOY on this pups face? It’s PURE joy!
PERFECTION.
It’s one of the WORST joy killers known to the human race. Or at least for all adults of the human race. We don’t try things because we’re not perfect. We don’t challenge ourselves because we don’t believe we’ll get it “perfect” enough. We’re afraid of missing the “perfection” mark, so we down ourselves and say bad things about ourselves (& others) thinking this will help. It doesn’t.
What does help is when we allow ourselves to be 100% human. Because, and let’s be honest with ourselves here, we ARE only human. And that’s not a bad thing! Each of us is messy, imperfect, flawed, full of mistakes, wrong and right, insecure and secure, confident and not confident, all at the same time. 100% HUMAN. Now take a look at this beautiful photo. What do you see?
Do any of these absolutely precious children look stressed or worried about being perfect? Absolutely not! They are instead just living in the moment, enjoying life and the presence of each other. NO joy-killers here! So be like a little child or even a pet, and stop stressing about being perfect! Because in truth no matter how good someone is, or thinks they are, NO ONE is actually perfect. In any way. And that’s great news to you and me! I’m so glad I’m not perfect, because it allows me MORE JOY! I don’t need to make myself crazy trying to be perfect to enjoy life. Life has lots of JOY to offer if you’re looking for it. Big things, small things, everyday things. But NEVER in the perfect things. That’s fleeting happiness, not lasting JOY. So get yourself some JOY today, and lose the joy-killer of perfection!
