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Sweetcitywoman - I hope you get well soon. I have been sick lately myself so I can imagine how horrible you feel. HUGS!



WHW - you're so funny! lol :)

I loved this story and love this group. I hope every EPer reads it because everyone of us needs a little dose of humility now and again. We are all human and we are all imperfect. Besides, perfection would be boring.



AP - I LOVE your comments. You are so insightful and compassionate, just want to hug you! Thank you.



*Im sitting on the floor, too. I dont think I can qualify for a chair yet...Im too young and have too many things to "perfect". lol ;)

Flower, you are more than welcome to this pizza bagel. SCW, I always have the makings on hand for them, let me know when you're feeling better!!

=)

flower kneels

Perfect pizza bagels for all, now come sit down over here . . .



::moseys over to the other corner, this time with pillows::

Hey!! if you get a pizza bagel then so do I!



I AM perfect, remember??



*stays standing in the corner with a pouty face*

I am most certainly glued to my seat!!! (=

::::sits in the corner with Who and Lala, as she tried to stand up, but tripped over her own two feet::::



I'm holding a perfect pizza bagel in my hand though. :-)

perfect? perfect? me? no way.

The perfect human has yet to be born which is a blessing as they would be very boring!! It is our imperfections that make us interesting.

Oootay....



*frowny face and stomps into the corner*



>:(

Actually I am, sorry hun *hugs* lol

Hehehe

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee



I am the most perfect of all!

I needed to end my day with a laugh ... I love you Sis, but I'm going to get tucked up in bed and snuggle with my blankies- they are "perfect" for comforting me.

me too! but that was funny

hahahaha

*Stands up abruptly*



I AM!!!..................................hehe joking..



*sits back down in shame* :p

I'm happy with not being perfect.

*sits next to rjcrjc*



“Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.”

*Sitting on the floor*

I am certainly not getting up from my seat.



Water which is too pure has no fish.

Hey, this human tendency is actually very well recognized; I understand that it is one of the specific issues which therapists/ counsellors will look out for, and try to address.



Looking back across the years at the "me" of my twenties, this kind of black-and-white thinking did make it difficult for me to form durable friendships with new friends. I remember colleagues and friends telling me things like, "Grrr... you always see things in black and white!". And I also remember feeling disappointed by people all the time.



:P

AP~ wowwwwwwwww ... very well stated- your concept of black vs white is spot on! ( I almost said "perfect" ) hugsssssssssssssssssssss T~

I think if that we are humble enough to recognize that we ourselves are not perfect, it makes it that much harder for us to rush into judging others whom we perceive to have behaved badly by "our" standards.



There is another angle too: It is so easy to get locked into what the shrinks call "patterns of unstable and intense relationships which swing between idealization and devaluation". Classic "Black-and-White" thinking.



My gut tells me that anybody who is capable of seeing *any* of us crazy human beings as perfect (ie WHITE), is probably inclined to see other people in terms of BLACK and WHITE (no shades in between). So to them, everyone is either: The Best Guru In The World... or The Most Evil Person In The World. The moment the "White" gets a little dingy (eg. if some mischievous or bored person starts a whispering campaign), that person is immediately marked as "Black".



I really like this story. Again, thanks.



AP

Love you ... I giggled when I read this-- then gave you the bigggggggggggggest mental hug. Too many members here need to come down off of their high horse, and RELAX already!

perfect? awww hellllllllllllllllllllll no!

functioning? just barely

okay with that? you betcha!

THANK YOU for posting this.

That was a nice classy reminder, SCW, for everybody on EP -- people you *don't* like as well as people you do like. Including me!



:)



Thanks!



Andrew

*remains seated*