My friend wrote about this and I have been thinking about it for a long time, so here goes;
I wonder about all the pressure we have, to do everything well and more.
I wonder about how we are
supposed to look great, workout, dress well and somehow, care for our families while holding down a job, keeping an immaculate home, feeding our families well, being artsy and beautifully creative and in church, keeping our families centered around the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I am not complaining about the last one, it's the only one that keeps me peaceful and happy.
Seriously, who made up these social rules? Can I go and add one more task to their life?
Anyway, I just wish more women and men would boycott this perfection ideal, because the only one that really matters is living Christ's gospel.
But I wonder about all the other things because ultimately we are not robots, we are not perfect and we are controlled, to a small degree, by time.
So I submit to all; to focus on one thing at a time.
We would all be so much happier if we did those 2 things that our prophet has asked, which by the way, is only for
our benefit.
Which is;
reading the scriptures at least once a day and praying.I used to ask the Lord, how would doing
that would help
me?
Somehow I was blessed to be smacked upside the head and shown that those 2 simple things would improve my life, in ways that I could see and feel immediately and so far reaching that I couldn't comprehend yet.
I know that when my family was in the throes of separation and fear, the only thing that got us through it, was prayer and scripture study.
I always wonder about what other kind of distractions and temptations we would have to deal with, if it wasn't this perfection model, but frankly, I'm alot happier being a sloppy me that tries to deal with whatever, (because I don't want to live up to everyone else's ideal of my life), than trying to be someone who I really don't like but somehow gets everything done.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I know that if we put God first and do His Will, His Way (thanks for that Mubeen) that everything else will fall into place, and if it doesn't, then maybe it wasn't something God wanted for us, or we have to try harder and do something different.
Bruce always tells me that we can't depend on God for every answer to every question but that we need to make a decision than ask if it's right.
More and more, I find myself seeing that if we are doing God's will, that the Holy Ghost can tell us what and when to do it.
Believe me when I say, that it is so much better when we are guided, than stumbling through it all.
I just want to end with; I stink at alot of things and might do so till forever but I'm so grateful for the chance to be here and learn.
By the way, here are some things I stink at, but really like;
Scrapbooking ; ask anyone who's seen my stuff, I just can't cut or glue on/in a straight line.
Sewing; same as above plus a fear of sewing machines and patterns trying to swallow me up. Somehow the more I work on something the worse it gets.
Singing/Music; I'm tone deaf and can't read music, but I'm a good listener!
Finishing a project; self explanatory.
I know there are alot of other things but basically it all involves getting something out of my brain and turning it into something concrete or physical. Like a drawing of a dream or a color combo or jewelry- I like making it and always envision nice stuff but my hands won't obey.
My hands and brain aren't exactly sychronized.
It kinda funny, cause I can dance and massage but that's all that I can think of.
Does anyone ever get sick of trying to be perfect? Please tell me that I'm not the only person who
is sick of it.
