Comments on: Strive To Be Perfect http://www.joyfuldays.com/strive-to-be-perfect/ How to find happiness and abundance through personal development. Create a life you love and live on your own terms. Start today to become a better, happier, richer person a week from now. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daphne http://www.joyfuldays.com/strive-to-be-perfect/#comment-523 Daphne Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:53:48 +0000 http://www.joyfuldays.com/?p=932#comment-523 @ Jeremy, thanks. Yes most of us were pretty young when she got her perfect 10 more than 30 years ago. Still, even now I watch the video and am amazed at what she did then. @ Snigdha, you have a great point about always raising the bar so we keep striving to be better. I used to consider perfection an ideal that could never be reached as well. Today I've become easier on myself and others, and I sometimes tell somebody that the arrangements for an event were "perfect" in the sense that it was everything I had expected and maybe more. Of course it could be better, which means that it is possible to be "more than perfect" but you're right that this gets into the semantics. I like the saying you brought up, that every action of ours is a self-portrait. How true. Christians have something similar: "You may be the only bible someone else ever reads". We never know when a single action we make has a deep and lasting impact on someone else, and so should strive to make every word and deed count. Thanks for your wonderful and thought-provoking comment! @ Jeremy, thanks. Yes most of us were pretty young when she got her perfect 10 more than 30 years ago. Still, even now I watch the video and am amazed at what she did then.

@ Snigdha, you have a great point about always raising the bar so we keep striving to be better. I used to consider perfection an ideal that could never be reached as well. Today I’ve become easier on myself and others, and I sometimes tell somebody that the arrangements for an event were “perfect” in the sense that it was everything I had expected and maybe more. Of course it could be better, which means that it is possible to be “more than perfect” but you’re right that this gets into the semantics.

I like the saying you brought up, that every action of ours is a self-portrait. How true. Christians have something similar: “You may be the only bible someone else ever reads”. We never know when a single action we make has a deep and lasting impact on someone else, and so should strive to make every word and deed count.

Thanks for your wonderful and thought-provoking comment!

]]> By: snigdha http://www.joyfuldays.com/strive-to-be-perfect/#comment-518 snigdha Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:36:43 +0000 http://www.joyfuldays.com/?p=932#comment-518 Hi Daphne, another great thought. While I agree with the title - " Strive" to be perfect, I personally believe that " perfection" is NOT possible, what matters is one should always strive towards perfection; coz " perfection" is just like a benchmark, which should always be set higher and higher. The moment " perfection" is thought to be achieved, it ceases to be a perfection. Further, who decides that it was a "perfect" act - point to ponder over, do not u think so ?? The room for improvement is always the biggest and the ever-expanding room in the world. Sorry, I am perhaps guilty of picking up a bit of semantics you used . But, I agree 101% with the spirit and message behind your article. Let's try to be perfect, in whatever we do . I am reminded of a saying - every action of ours is a self-portrait, let us autograph it with excellence ( nay - perfection !!) . <abbr><em><abbr><em>snigdhas last blog post..<a href="http://snigdhasbouquet.blogspot.com/2008/11/there-always-is-purpose-been-on-too.html" rel="nofollow"></a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Hi Daphne, another great thought. While I agree with the title – ” Strive” to be perfect, I personally believe that ” perfection” is NOT possible, what matters is one should always strive towards perfection; coz ” perfection” is just like a benchmark, which should always be set higher and higher. The moment ” perfection” is thought to be achieved, it ceases to be a perfection. Further, who decides that it was a “perfect” act – point to ponder over, do not u think so ?? The room for improvement is always the biggest and the ever-expanding room in the world. Sorry, I am perhaps guilty of picking up a bit of semantics you used . But, I agree 101% with the spirit and message behind your article. Let’s try to be perfect, in whatever we do . I am reminded of a saying – every action of ours is a self-portrait, let us autograph it with excellence ( nay – perfection !!) .

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]]> By: Jeremy Day http://www.joyfuldays.com/strive-to-be-perfect/#comment-516 Jeremy Day Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:34:43 +0000 http://www.joyfuldays.com/?p=932#comment-516 Hi Daphne, Wow! Cool post. I remember watching here when I was a lot younger. She was pretty cool. ;-) Cheers, Jeremy <abbr><em><abbr><em>Jeremy Days last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsightWriter/~3/450050143/" rel="nofollow">Carnival of Personal Development</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Hi Daphne,

Wow! Cool post. I remember watching here when I was a lot younger. She was pretty cool. ;-)

Cheers,
Jeremy

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