live without regret

without regret is to let go of my perfectionism. It’s my inner perfectionist that won’t let me enjoy life unless it’s just right. This short summary of Perfection / Excellance was emailed to me from Flylady.net. From one of the other members. It is so true. We strive for perfection, but we’d be so much happier loving life for what it is. To no regrets!!!

Excellence is willing to be wrong.
Perfection is being right.

Excellence is risk.
Perfection is fear.

Excellence is powerful.
Perfection is anger and frustration.

Excellence is spontaneous.
Perfection is control.

Excellence is accepting.
Perfection is judgment.

Excellence is giving.
Perfection is taking.

Excellence is confidence.
Perfection is doubt.

Excellence is flowing.
Perfection is pressure.

Excellence is journey.
Perfection is destination.

When everything is said and done, I want to be able to look back at my life and say: That was great, I wouldn’t change a thing!! I want to take things the way they are, good or bad. I know from experience that if your only happy because things are going your way, you’re not gonna be happy very often!! Why is it so hard to accept things and move on? I can’t go back and change the past. It seems like an easy thing to just move on, but I struggle with this constantly. I have a very bad case of the what ifs!! I have made my mind up to be happy with things. My life is really good and I have so much to look forward too, that I don’t need to waste time lingering in the past!!