Fwd: Earned rest

Letters to Perfectionism #162

Dear Perfectionism,

There’s a problem with this self-imposed god-complex we have 🪽 - that it’s all on us to get things done, fix and improve. And that only when everything is done, complete, perfect and whole again may we truly rest. 🫩

• It’s earned rest (conditional).

• It’s entitled rest (resentful).

• It’s rest that’s only possible when pesky world leaves us alone (which I imagine it won’t ever do).

I’m fairly certain that everything in my world will never be wholly done. God knows I’ve spent enough years trying. 😣

Can we have unconditional, serene rest instead? Even when everything’s messy and incomplete.

Love, Chris x