Posts made in January, 2013

Perfection

Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Uncategorized

Perfection, this culture, this lifetime, this country asks for it.  The perfect present with the perfect bow.  The perfect body, the perfect recipe for the perfect meal for the perfect family, who are we kidding, and what is perfect? I know perfection as a feeling of comfort and feeling at home in my body, a feeling of knowing my path and a certainty that I’m on it, all “mistakes” and hardships included. What’s the underlying drive, though? Let’s talk about perfection’s ugly and brutal cousin: control. Most of us have control issues.  I am admitting to you, publicly that I do.  I’m not even ashamed.  My control issues stem...