Many people living in one day at a time recovery struggle with perfectionism and control. They are both characteristics of our fears and insecurities. Our reality is if we could become as perfect as we think we should we would have been perfect long before our lives became unmanageable or out of control and we would have never became people prone to the characteristics of living in such a state such as becoming people living with the characteristics of self-will run riot. In recovery we know this and we learn to let go. We learn to see past our emotional, psychological and spiritual blindness. We see we are one of many but we are one with those we are akin with. When we discover this we learn what we can control and what we cannot. We learn to accept what we cannot change and we change what we can. In time, and time takes time, we will learn what we can change and what we cannot change. We learn to let go and God, the spirit or the universe will welcome us to reality and its gifts of freedom and imperfection. It’s a wonderful journey when our eyes are open. Peace.
