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I was having a conversation with my husband, Jeffrey, about letting go of attachment to perfectionism, and recalled a story shared with me years ago. When I was still acting, I met a scene designer at a university who taught his students a simple guideline for releasing perfectionism: When it is 20 minutes before the curtain goes up and you still need to paint a door that is supposed to be red, but the only pain available is blue... Blue will do.
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It’s become a catch phrase at our house whenever we are feeling stressed—whether in our personal or business lives—about a lifeline (my word for a “deadline”) coming up. Because if you wait for perfection, you might never get anything off the ground.
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| Perfectionism can become a way in which we attempt to legitimize our fear to take action.
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Here are two ways that can work. 1. Expecting something else to happen first to make the circumstances “perfect” for action. I think of it as the “If-Then—When-Then” game. You can find yourself playing it alone or with others. 😉 It works like this. When I’m healed, then I will ______________. If we get the money, then we will ______________. If the right person comes into my life, then I will _______________.
When we get more guidance about this, then we’ll get started with ______________. Here’s how it used to play out for me. I would get an idea about something I wanted to do, receive some intuitive guidance about it, and then drop the ball waiting for more intuitive guidance or for something else to happen first. When no more guidance came or my conditions didn’t happen, I’d give up, telling myself, “I guess it wasn’t really meant to be.” Have you ever done that? It’s a “perfect” way to stop the energy from flowing!
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Certainly, some ideas take longer to develop than others. Some ideas get started and need to be put on hold for a while. Some ideas need the buy-in of other people. Some do require a deeper level of healing. And some ideas need more careful planning than other ideas.
However, an idea starts coming to life when you say, “Yes,” and take whatever action you can. That’s the moment potential begins its journey of becoming reality!
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So, when a really great, Divinely inspired idea comes through, it’s an opportunity to consider the invitation and either say, “Yes” or “No” right away. In my experience, more intuitive guidance comes—and the support of the Universe arrives—the moment I take action with conviction and keep the momentum going. 2. The second way we can get caught up by perfectionism is to think that what we are doing will never be right enough or good enough to put out into the world. That’s what my friend the set designer was talking about.
He was reminding his students not to become so caught up in the perfection of their designs that they forgot the bigger and more important mission—in their case—to entertain people with a play! Behind this fear is the belief, “I’m not good enough.” If this comes up for you, it begs the question, “Then why did the Divine give the idea to you?” and “What does the Divine know about you that would be wonderful for you to acknowledge, too?” 😊
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Today is the beginning of Spring Equinox. As the sun is out for more of our daytime hours in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s normal to feel a strong desire to take action—to blossom. That’s the life-giving nature of the sun. And action is the nature of the Sacred Masculine or yang energy that lives inside all of us.
Remember, you always have a choice to say “Yes,” or “No.” It’s sitting on the fence that kills energy in your life.
If you decide to respond to an inspired call to action, you might want to keep these two thoughts in mind:
1. Don’t let perfection slow you down by getting caught in the “If-Then—When-Then” game. Put a date on the calendar and begin so the Universe can get behind you and build energy with you starting now! 2. As you get close to meeting your goal, keep your momentum going right up until it’s time for curtain, remembering that sometimes, “Blue will do!”
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