Day 45: Purge Personal Items

Donna really summed it up when she stated "perfection is often the enemy of peace." We are never at peace when we are striving for perfection, it is impossible.  I can say that I agree with that statement 100% because I am a recovering perfectionist.  When we think we can achieve perfection it's like running on a hamster wheel because in our mind everything we do could always be better.  You can not attain peace until you start to see the beauty in imperfection. I didn't have time to see that until after we had our fourth child and I didn't have the time to be a perfectionist.  I started to slow down, let go of certain areas of my life and realize many of the things that I would stress about didn't hold much significance in God's eyes.  Do you feel there are areas of your life keeping you from finding peace?