Saturday, September 15, 2012

"I'm not perfect"

One of my kids said tonight "I'm not perfect".  I think that this is obvious.  None of us is perfect.  We are all working at getting better, kinder, more obedient, wiser, etc...  I think that saying "I'm not perfect" is often an excuse for not trying harder.  It's a way of letting go of responsibility for our own actions... nobody's perfect, so why try?  I hope I can teach my children that they don't have to be perfect, but they are responsible for making themselves better.  I hope I can remember this for myself also. 
Posted by Tara McLean Derricott at 10:27 PM

2 comments:

  1. halothairSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    Mom, you can't say "Why try?". We always have to strive to be perfect. We can never be perfect, but you are right. We always have to try.

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  2. Tara McLean DerricottSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:57 PM

    You're right.... I didn't mean we shouldn't try... I meant that many people feel like "why try?" I should have put that part in paranthesis to show that it is a way of thinking that some people have.

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