Giving this a try...
Hey everyone!
So a friend of mine is in Buenos Aires doing her Master's in Peace Studies and she forwarded her link to her on-line journal and I thought to myself, this just might be better and easier to keep up with!
Being that this is a public journal, let me introduce myself. I am a current Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic. I have been here since September 2004 and this experience has truly been a life changing rollercoaster.
So the reason that I chose to name my blog "Imperfection at its Best" is because that's seems to be the reoccuring theme to not only my service but to my life in general!! I also chose the name because it's open-ended and well, we'll see where life takes me. It's amazing making the most with what I have and seeing that in the end, things truly do work out and knowing this has resulted in a peaceful state of mind and being. The lessons that I have learned have come in various forms and levels of complexity but nonetheless, lessons worth living through and learning from. Hard as it is, I love it and I feel like I keep getting to the best of me as I work through my faults and face things I have never seen before!!!
I think what has been really helpful is that I have come to accept the imperfect status of myself, people and the world we live in and trying to use that to approach life in a different manner and trust me, it has truly helped. I try the best that I can with what I got, when I can, and with whom I can and to be honest, it has been the most liberating thing in my life. I quit beating myself up and being my own worst enemy and just try to be real with myself on all levels and I feel like I have grown with the prunings I have undergone. Honesty is so hard to come by, whether it's from yourself or others and well, once we've got it, we don't know what to do withit and regret ever asking for the truth. So as I continue to liberate myself, I have also done the same with those around me and in my life. Not to say that I have no expectactions of anyone or of myself but man, I am tired of beating myself up and more so, those around me. It's not fair, it doesn't do anything except degrade us and it's impossible to have such hard expectations on yourself and people. So all in all, I feel great, I feel like I am being more realistic, more productive and more humble. There is no more beating around the bush and no more settling for second best as well. That does more harm. Of course, all within reason--this world is full of compromising but how can people compromise if we are not truthful with ourselves and others. When we are not, that's where the trouble starts and then, low and behold, the art of compromise becomes tainted, resulting in a stubborn regression that traps us.
Well everyone, that was quite a chunk but this is my on-line journal, so read at your liking. I will write what I feel and think and hopefully, you can understand or at least try to see my point of view!! Smooches, I miss you and love you all!!! God bless!!
So a friend of mine is in Buenos Aires doing her Master's in Peace Studies and she forwarded her link to her on-line journal and I thought to myself, this just might be better and easier to keep up with!
Being that this is a public journal, let me introduce myself. I am a current Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic. I have been here since September 2004 and this experience has truly been a life changing rollercoaster.
So the reason that I chose to name my blog "Imperfection at its Best" is because that's seems to be the reoccuring theme to not only my service but to my life in general!! I also chose the name because it's open-ended and well, we'll see where life takes me. It's amazing making the most with what I have and seeing that in the end, things truly do work out and knowing this has resulted in a peaceful state of mind and being. The lessons that I have learned have come in various forms and levels of complexity but nonetheless, lessons worth living through and learning from. Hard as it is, I love it and I feel like I keep getting to the best of me as I work through my faults and face things I have never seen before!!!
I think what has been really helpful is that I have come to accept the imperfect status of myself, people and the world we live in and trying to use that to approach life in a different manner and trust me, it has truly helped. I try the best that I can with what I got, when I can, and with whom I can and to be honest, it has been the most liberating thing in my life. I quit beating myself up and being my own worst enemy and just try to be real with myself on all levels and I feel like I have grown with the prunings I have undergone. Honesty is so hard to come by, whether it's from yourself or others and well, once we've got it, we don't know what to do withit and regret ever asking for the truth. So as I continue to liberate myself, I have also done the same with those around me and in my life. Not to say that I have no expectactions of anyone or of myself but man, I am tired of beating myself up and more so, those around me. It's not fair, it doesn't do anything except degrade us and it's impossible to have such hard expectations on yourself and people. So all in all, I feel great, I feel like I am being more realistic, more productive and more humble. There is no more beating around the bush and no more settling for second best as well. That does more harm. Of course, all within reason--this world is full of compromising but how can people compromise if we are not truthful with ourselves and others. When we are not, that's where the trouble starts and then, low and behold, the art of compromise becomes tainted, resulting in a stubborn regression that traps us.
Well everyone, that was quite a chunk but this is my on-line journal, so read at your liking. I will write what I feel and think and hopefully, you can understand or at least try to see my point of view!! Smooches, I miss you and love you all!!! God bless!!
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