Sunday 18 March 2012

Its ok at times to not be perfect...

My parents, mom especially has always been drilling in us the importance of being perfect always, in everything we do, with whoever we meet and whenever possible. We that's my sister and I have always tried our best to follow her this rule but gradually over time I have come to realise that slipping occasionally is ok. Its ok at times to not be perfect.
Its ok if once in a while I do not call home, its ok if once in a while I come back home from office and do not cook dinner, its ok if I sometimes go out with my friends for some drinks and come home sloshed and its ok if I once in a while dig into my savings and splurge on some insanely expensive Makeup, ok that happens to me pretty often :P #storyofmylife. But seriously isn't it ok to not be a super woman just once in a while?

Of course I dished it out with my mom and she carefully listened to me, then she ruminated over it for a while and then almost whispered to me that I had said something that made her proud of her upbringing of me :) Yay to that! :D

We discussed out a bit more at length and came up with a list that could never be compromised while we could slip at other times occasionally ;) Points that topped the list of no compromises included being a good human being, no cheating and not being hurtful to others. But I guess these were quite expected ;)

So is it ok to slip occasionally and not be perfect?

7 comments:

  1. i absolutely believe this Sam...I went thru this phase where i felt guilty for not doing a couple of things and felt a bit selfish...and i can still remember this pal of mine sat me down and told me it was ok to be selfish sometimes as long as i dint hurt others or my core values.... :) made sense to me :)

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    1. ooh so glad u agree Zee... you know i sometimes feel so guilty at times for not doing something i am suppossed to every single time.... but seriously we are human after all now aren't we and it is soo OK to be "selfish" sometimes ;) mmuuaahhhh

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    2. absolutely! infact we shud enjoy it! We do so much for r families, our work, our boss ;....we deserve somethings for ourselves..exclusively :)

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  2. I once wrote that if we were all perfect, we would be clones of each other.. our imperfections make us unique... they are the identifiers of our personality... if you can be the most perfect you, it is more than enough... food for thought, eh?

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    1. wow that sounds good! never thought of it that way! of course our imperfections make us unique.. how true is that! :D

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  3. can't agree more..sometimes am really bugged up with this feeling of guilt :|

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Oh yeah if I am allowed to give you shit, then it is only fair that you gimme yours too ;)