Posted by sleepygirl on July 16, 2006, at 20:43:40
In reply to What makes someone Good Enough?, posted by Racer on July 16, 2006, at 14:56:45
Ideas? OK, here goes...good enough? geez that is a hard question.
From my perspective it is a realization that nothing and no one can ever be "perfect", but valuing and loving that thing or person anyway.
Maybe when you can stop "moving" and can look around at what's around you and sit with yourself and feel "OK" - without a heck of a lot of longing and/or regret.
Do you deserve anything? or does it constantly have to be earned? Is "good enough" within yourself or outside yourself?
There is "always" some reason to feel not good enough (OK so that's a Sara McLaughlin lyric ;-).This is a really hard one for me too. I often think that I am wasting valuable time and resources in therapy that could go to someone else, but why the heck not me? Who decides?
feeling good enough does seem like something I'm always losing hold of.
Maybe it is about valuing "mistakes"? valuing the process as opposed to the end result which always seems out of reach?
Let me know if you find out. You're way more than "good enough" to me.
maybe if you reject yourself nobody else can?
poster:sleepygirl
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