Comments on: Note to Self: The Blessing of Imperfection http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:22:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: adrie http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 adrie Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:23:38 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2883 Lisa, Thank you, and thank you for sharing the threading light post! Gratitude is a key in my life, too, I totally agree. Thank you. Lisa, Thank you, and thank you for sharing the threading light post! Gratitude is a key in my life, too, I totally agree. Thank you.

]]> By: adrie http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 adrie Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:18:11 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2881 Emmalina, You are too kind! Thank you so much for your generous words. Emmalina, You are too kind! Thank you so much for your generous words.

]]> By: adrie http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2880 adrie Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:17:43 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2880 Mel, Wish we could provide you a share, too! All the best to you and your sweet little one. Mel, Wish we could provide you a share, too! All the best to you and your sweet little one.

]]> By: Fields and Fire » Today’s Gifts, and Monday Menu http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 Fields and Fire » Today’s Gifts, and Monday Menu Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:15:43 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2878 [...] yesterday’s reminder to remember imperfection’s blessings, today was a gift.  Ella was with a babysitter for a few hours this morning, and I got a lot of [...] [...] yesterday’s reminder to remember imperfection’s blessings, today was a gift.  Ella was with a babysitter for a few hours this morning, and I got a lot of [...]

]]> By: Mel http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 Mel Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:14:13 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2868 I stumbled across this blog when looking for grain CSA info but am absolutely touched by this post. As a first-time mama of a 15 month old I struggle with these exact same things. In fact I think I might just have to print those mantras out and pin them to the wall to remind myself "I am not perfect, but I am enough"! I can't wait to read more about your adventures and wish you were closer so I could buy a grain share. I stumbled across this blog when looking for grain CSA info but am absolutely touched by this post. As a first-time mama of a 15 month old I struggle with these exact same things. In fact I think I might just have to print those mantras out and pin them to the wall to remind myself “I am not perfect, but I am enough”! I can’t wait to read more about your adventures and wish you were closer so I could buy a grain share.

]]> By: Emmalina http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 Emmalina Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:07:09 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2863 Well this post is perfectly perfect! And for those other imperfect beings out there, your efforts stand as a beacon. You are living by your ideals, standing for something incredibly important. You have taken the steps on this path that many others (myself included) are still only contemplating. Maybe not perfect, but extraordinary none the less. Well this post is perfectly perfect! And for those other imperfect beings out there, your efforts stand as a beacon. You are living by your ideals, standing for something incredibly important. You have taken the steps on this path that many others (myself included) are still only contemplating.

Maybe not perfect, but extraordinary none the less.

]]> By: Earth Mama http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2854 Earth Mama Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:47:01 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2854 And we find ourselves perfectly in the right moment at the right time for so many reasons, many not known in the fore front of our consciousness, but here we are...and it's all good! Our Monday post at www.threadinglight.com goes along the same lines applied to parenting. I think the core to anything in life, is if one can be a true and grateful being and love yourself for all that you are doing, not much else matters. I think showing gratitude for what we do have is a very powerful stepping stone. Like you said, if we were perfect, then we would be enlightened, and we wouldn't need to be here. What a beautiful post. :)Lisa And we find ourselves perfectly in the right moment at the right time for so many reasons, many not known in the fore front of our consciousness, but here we are…and it’s all good! Our Monday post at http://www.threadinglight.com goes along the same lines applied to parenting. I think the core to anything in life, is if one can be a true and grateful being and love yourself for all that you are doing, not much else matters. I think showing gratitude for what we do have is a very powerful stepping stone. Like you said, if we were perfect, then we would be enlightened, and we wouldn’t need to be here. What a beautiful post.

:) Lisa

]]> By: adrie http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2850 adrie Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:43:51 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2850 Talk about a love! What an ego boost - you are too kind, as always. Love to you, as well. Talk about a love! What an ego boost – you are too kind, as always. Love to you, as well.

]]> By: Jen http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/2010/02/28/note-to-self-the-blessing-of-imperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 Jen Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:00:50 +0000 http://www.localgrain.org/fieldsandfire/?p=1349#comment-2849 And yet. Perfectly human. Perfectly honest. Perfectly existing the way you were meant to exist, here and now. Thank you for this wise reflection on imperfection, which I will surely have to have tattooed on my arm for ready reference. And I couldn't help but think these things: how much I envy you your non-spotless house (because I've been cleaning like a maniac for months for house showings that never result in offers to buy, which feels like a huge waste of life energy). How *very* welcoming your house is. How much I admire your determination to jump in and do things, whether or not it's hard or messy or frightening. How your wardrobe has always struck me as unpretentious, personalized, comfortable, and with an eye for color and texture. And how much, and how consistently, I have observed your profound kindness, gratitude, and positive action. You are just a big love. And yet.
Perfectly human.
Perfectly honest.
Perfectly existing the way you were meant to exist, here and now.

Thank you for this wise reflection on imperfection, which I will surely have to have tattooed on my arm for ready reference.

And I couldn’t help but think these things: how much I envy you your non-spotless house (because I’ve been cleaning like a maniac for months for house showings that never result in offers to buy, which feels like a huge waste of life energy). How *very* welcoming your house is. How much I admire your determination to jump in and do things, whether or not it’s hard or messy or frightening. How your wardrobe has always struck me as unpretentious, personalized, comfortable, and with an eye for color and texture. And how much, and how consistently, I have observed your profound kindness, gratitude, and positive action.

You are just a big love.

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