Dear Dahlia,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From one recovering perfectionist to another, thank you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your strength lies in your ability to be imperfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When our conversations first began, you identified as a perfectionist over and over and over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I get it. I\u2019ve been there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But you\u2019re so much more than that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re a lover, a fighter, and filled with more talent than most people have in their little fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And you were afraid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afraid because you felt like you needed to be perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You thought you needed to be perfect to share your gifts, your talent, your enthusiasm with the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our idea of perfect is nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To actually <\/em>be perfect is to be complete, full, finished\u2026 Developed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Which you are. And you continue to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moment you embraced the concept of imperfection – the moment you gave yourself permission to be beautifully imperfect – was magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your entire being rose to the challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your perfect imperfection empowered you to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You stopped dreaming and started doing. The thing you had dreamed about for so many years was no longer a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You took action. You stepped into your power. You embraced your imperfection and did it anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You created. You did. You made. You acted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your soul became a tangible thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I listened as confidence rushed back into your voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I watched as your posture rose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I saw the physical change that happened within you the moment you sent perfection packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You embraced imperfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And by so doing, you embraced your power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019ve always been strong. You are one of the fierce ones, the mighty ones. Your strength has always been known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the moment you embraced your imperfection, your strength became unstoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your strength lies in the embrace of imperfection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Dahlia, From one recovering perfectionist to another, thank you Your strength lies in your ability to be imperfect. When our conversations first began, you identified as a perfectionist over and over and over. I get it. I\u2019ve been there. But you\u2019re so much more than that. You\u2019re a lover, a fighter, and filled with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,136],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Letters-to-Strong-Women-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5619,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions\/5619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}