Tag: Perfect

How can we be perfect and have so many shortcomings?

Before I begin, I want to dismiss some semantic arguments about the notion of shortcomings. I am of the opinion that we are indeed perfect. So how is it possible to be both perfect and have shortcomings? Actually, we don’t have shortcomings (as most people define them,) but if I started there, I wouldn’t have…


Self-Acceptance

Self-Acceptance is not “love your garbage.” “Self-acceptance” is considered to be one of the most important attitudes you can bring to any personal-development work.  However, “self-acceptance,” as it is used in the generally accepted world view is nothing more than a stop-gap strategy for dealing with our belief that we are, in fact, broken. “Self-acceptance,” as I…


Human Feeling Broken

Human Feeling Broken Let me make one observation about being human… Humans emerge from childhood with a mistaken notion of their competency, capabilities, character, and lovability.  An adult human shows up feeling like they have to be or do something to be loved.  In other words, adult humans feel like they are not good enough as they…