Comments on: Sam, Dandelions, and the Pursuit of Perfection http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection Perfection has its price. And it's too high. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:04:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jenny Ryan http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection/comment-page-1#comment-75 Jenny Ryan Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:03:16 +0000 http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/?p=72#comment-75 Oh, I love that definition! Thank you :) <abbr><em>Jenny Ryan’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.jennyryan.com/?p=2746" rel="nofollow">When Crankiness And Pop Music Meet</a></abbr></em> Oh, I love that definition! Thank you :)

Jenny Ryan’s last blog post..When Crankiness And Pop Music Meet

]]> By: Michelle Russell http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection/comment-page-1#comment-41 Michelle Russell Thu, 14 May 2009 22:25:43 +0000 http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/?p=72#comment-41 @Leonie - It's a hard job, but SOMEBODY'S got to do it. :) @Victoria - That "comfortable in my own skin" thing? Still very much a work in progress! Maybe there's a design flaw in humanity and we should have all come with pressure valves. Hmm . . . @Leonie – It’s a hard job, but SOMEBODY’S got to do it. :)

@Victoria – That “comfortable in my own skin” thing? Still very much a work in progress! Maybe there’s a design flaw in humanity and we should have all come with pressure valves. Hmm . . .

]]> By: Victoria Brouhard http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection/comment-page-1#comment-40 Victoria Brouhard Thu, 14 May 2009 05:39:48 +0000 http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/?p=72#comment-40 It's hard enough to learn to be comfortable in our *own* skins, let alone trying attain someone else's definition of what we should be. Yes to taking the pressure off whenever we can! Love that definition of perfection. It’s hard enough to learn to be comfortable in our *own* skins, let alone trying attain someone else’s definition of what we should be.

Yes to taking the pressure off whenever we can!

Love that definition of perfection.

]]> By: Goddess Leonie @ GoddessGuidebook.com http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection/comment-page-1#comment-39 Goddess Leonie @ GoddessGuidebook.com Thu, 14 May 2009 05:09:13 +0000 http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/?p=72#comment-39 Oh Michelle ~ This is just so very wonderful. I adore, adore, ADORE this post. Our big job really is to just be us, isn't it? Oh Michelle ~ This is just so very wonderful. I adore, adore, ADORE this post.

Our big job really is to just be us, isn’t it?

]]> By: Michelle http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection/comment-page-1#comment-38 Michelle Wed, 13 May 2009 22:49:20 +0000 http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/?p=72#comment-38 JoVE--thanks for the link! Nice post at mamacate . . . I especially like where she says this: "I guess what I really want to protect them from is the idea of perfection. It’s a word they’ve asked me to define, and I said that someone who’s perfect is someone who never makes mistakes, and there aren’t any people like that in real life. I want them to strive for wonderful things in life, but I think that the drive to do that is naturally occurring, and sometimes the quest for perfection is what chases it out of some of our hearts. I know that perfectionism can stop me dead in my tracks if I let it." Amen, sister! What a paradox that striving for perfection (by one definition) keeps us from it (by another definition). JoVE–thanks for the link! Nice post at mamacate . . . I especially like where she says this:

“I guess what I really want to protect them from is the idea of perfection. It’s a word they’ve asked me to define, and I said that someone who’s perfect is someone who never makes mistakes, and there aren’t any people like that in real life. I want them to strive for wonderful things in life, but I think that the drive to do that is naturally occurring, and sometimes the quest for perfection is what chases it out of some of our hearts. I know that perfectionism can stop me dead in my tracks if I let it.”

Amen, sister!

What a paradox that striving for perfection (by one definition) keeps us from it (by another definition).

]]> By: JoVE http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection/comment-page-1#comment-37 JoVE Wed, 13 May 2009 16:36:46 +0000 http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/?p=72#comment-37 Didn't find the thing I was looking for but did find this. Which has a SONG! http://mamacate.typepad.com/mamacate/2005/07/not_perfect.html Didn’t find the thing I was looking for but did find this. Which has a SONG!

http://mamacate.typepad.com/mamacate/2005/07/not_perfect.html

]]> By: JoVE http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/socialization/sam-dandelions-and-the-pursuit-of-perfection/comment-page-1#comment-36 JoVE Wed, 13 May 2009 16:34:22 +0000 http://www.practicemakesimperfect.com/?p=72#comment-36 Excellent example. And I couldn't believe the nurse said that either, though I do know that pressure to test for Downs during pregnancy is high and pressure to terminate if found is also high. Reminds me of a friend's posts about perfection and her son. I'll see if I can find some links for you. Excellent example. And I couldn’t believe the nurse said that either, though I do know that pressure to test for Downs during pregnancy is high and pressure to terminate if found is also high.

Reminds me of a friend’s posts about perfection and her son. I’ll see if I can find some links for you.

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