When you can see your perfection, you can finally embrace your whole self.

You are absolutely perfect just the way you are. Do not believe anything else.

Do you know why?

Because as soon as you believe that you are not perfect, you start thinking that there's something to fix... You don't feel whole.

And, because, at some level, we believe we should be perfect, we keep chasing the horizon but never achieving this perfection.

I think this idea doesn't come naturally to you because we are used to thinking that perfection equals a robotic life.

Answer the question: "Why aren't you perfect?" Tell me (or your journal) why you think you are not perfect. Now look at this list and answer honestly... Are those traits of a normal human being? Are you being a little unreasonable to think that these traits make you less than?

If you saw your mother, best friend, or children doing these same things, would you think that they are less than you? That they are broken? That they are bad?

Probably not. But we do this because we are not used to loving ourselves with the same compassion we have for other people. So, we almost expect more of us, like a big robotic perfect person, to do day-to-day tasks without any kind of negative emotion.

But again, that's not because we think negative emotion is bad. We know intellectually that having negative emotions is part of being a human being... Actually, that's what makes you a GOOD human, not a psychopath with no emotions. If you couldn't feel negative emotions, you would be locked up in a mental institution.

The key (and where we get wrong) is that the goal has never been to stop feeling negative emotions. The goal is to learn the SKILL of how we respond when we feel this way.

So, it is not that you are bad for not having these skills. I bet no one has ever sat you down and explained how you can process the emotion of anger before you explode. That means if you explode in anger at your children, it means you are actually doing the very best you can at this moment, and if you become aware that you don't like how YOU acted, you now have the control to do something about it.

Skills can be learned—the skills of self-control, self-confidence, calmness, resiliency, resourcefulness, etc. You can learn these skills but know that it will not make you any more worthy or perfect. You are already it. You are already the best person you can be, and now you can learn new skills to guide you to live a more fulfilling life - because when you can feel the anger and not explode, that's one of the most beautiful acts of love toward yourself.

In this podcast, you will understand a little deeper why I believe you must see yourself as perfect because, from that belief, you can truly achieve whatever you desire while loving yourself in the process.

Much Love,



Thais Glenn