Expecting only excellence denies the scope of authentic situations.
“To demand perfection is to turn our backs on real life, the full range of human experience,” explains Kristin Neff. @neffselfcompassion
We benefit from being conscious of the reality of our blemishes.
I’ve noticed that I tend to use either/or language about my own attempts to homeschool. Either I am succeeding or I am failing in teaching my children. When I make a mistake (by being impatient, or distracted, or neglectful) I struggle to keep my flaws in context; I find myself overemphasizing them. I start to skew my beliefs about myself. I’ve come to believe that my first step towards change is my attitude about mistakes.