I'm Not Perfect

Had a nice chat with my friend this morning -- I am in Tampa (for work), she is in Queens -- about the drive for perfection and how hard we can sometimes be on ourselves when we don't meet our own impossible standards. This made me think about a children's song that my babydaddy and I used to listen to and sing to our young son. It's a lovely song about not being perfect, and I can almost feel the relief I felt when we would sing this song. I spent so much of my marriage worrying that if I wasn't perfect, I wouldn't be loved. What a waste!

As Laurie says:

I have to keep reminding myself that it's ok to be exactly what I am… not perfect. This song helps a lot. It would have been nice to realize it when I was a lot younger.

I'm not perfect, no I'm not

I'm not perfect, but I've got what I've got

I do my very best, I do my very best

I do my very best each day

But I'm not perfect

And I hope you like me that way

We're not perfect…

You're not perfect, not you're not

You're not perfect, but you've got what you've got

You do your very best, you do your very best

You do your very best each day

But you're not perfect

And you know

I love you that way