I Don't Want To Try To Be Perfect Anymore!

I have come to the realization that I do not want to be perfect or try to be perfect anymore because I am not!
This last week end a lot of things went differently than planned and a lot of weird situations were appearing!
What I saw was #1 how friends of mine were distraught because they made mistakes and then #2 to see how the people around them that were effected by the mistakes went ballistic!!!
Whatever happened to the "Nobody is perfect" attitude and forgiveness?
We mothers are especially hard hit by this expectation of perfection and never making mistakes by our children! When I make a mistake the whole family goes crazy as if the world was coming to an end!
How did I create this? First of all I think we got taught to be perfect by our mothers, and didn't we expect our moms to be perfect as well, how wrong is that?
My whole life I feel like I have been trying to please everyone: teachers, neighbors, friends, family, colleagues, bosses, partners and now my children! The main person we forget to make happy is our self! It is almost impossible to please everyone all the time, so why don't we just STOP! Whew! That feels better already!
Do me a favor today, please! Don't try to please everyone today! Disappoint at least one person today (kindly of course) and breathe deeply! It will be hard at first but after a while you will get used to it! I think I am going to get T-shirts printed up that say " I am not perfect and proud"! I'll let you know when I have them for you to order!!!
Have fun today being imperfect!

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