Mar 28 2008
Perfect Release
One of my favorite chapters in my ebook, ‘The Power of Release,’ is entitled ‘Perfect Release.’ And considering the feedback I’ve gotten from this particular chapter, it’a a crowd favorite, too. Here’s just one reference to that chapter from Victoria Silva. Victoria is the creator of feminineliving.com, and she shared this with me:
“One chapter in particular rang so true for me – the chapter on Releasing Perfection. Now I can see with clarity how my need for perfection has kept me stuck in so many areas of my life…but NO MORE. I released my need to be perfect after reading this chapter, and I feel like a BIG trash bag has been lifted from my once heavy shoulders. This is a MUST READ for anyone wanting to move forward in their lives.”
I really appreciate Victoria’s response to this chapter, because it was just the response I was envisioning as I wrote it. Let me share a brief excerpt from the chapter below.
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You must release perfection.
If you find yourself always longing for your envisioned concept of perfection, you must release that concept before you can really begin to live.
Perfection is the enemy of good enough. Waiting for perfection – the perfect relationship, the perfect house, the perfect situation – is robbing you of joy and time and satisfaction.
Perfection is robbing you of your life.
Because, what is life, except how you spend your minutes, hours, and days? And, if you are spending an inordinate amount of that time lamenting that your life isn’t perfect or that you aren’t perfect, you are wasting a life that, while not perfect, could very well be spectacular.
So, forget “perfection” – instead, celebrate “spectacular.”
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That unattainable concept of perfection gives us a warped sense of how our lives should be. We hold ourselves to a standard that is unachievable – a standard that keeps us frustrated and depressed. And it doesn’t just affect the way we feel, it affects what we accomplish. And it also affects our relationships, as we hold people to a standard that they can never live up to.
It’s all in the ‘Perfect Release’ chapter in ‘The Power of Release.’
In a few days, I’ll share another bit of information from my amazing compilation ebook, ‘Masters of Release.’ I haven’t decided which of the 10 Release Masters will be featured next (I’ve already covered Pat O’Bryan’s chapter in a previous post), but whatever I share from that book is guaranteed to be choice, life enhancing material. Each time I read it, I learn something new – something that enhances my ability to release the stuff that gets in the way of my progress.
So, be on the lookout for that post, and, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email me – buz@viralhappiness.com .



