i'm not a perfectionist but...

I do reach this point where I feel like a failure. I feel like whatever I do isn't enough and I will never be able to do what I think (at this moment at least) I want to do, and I will never be smart enough, pretty enough, or good enough. I just won't be.

So then I step out of the picture.

Because it's true. I will never be able to do everything I want to do. I can try and try and try and it will always bring me short. Because I am human. I am sinful, I make mistakes, and that's just the way I am. Why do I forget this all the time? Because I really do. I may sound preachy when I say this, but hey my blog my life. And that's why God says "I am that I am." That's why he says "I am the way the truth and the life. No one gets to Father except through me." He is the I am in everything that I do. Without him I am incapable. With him, I am learning to accept that. I need to believe this, and be reminded daily that I am not the one in control. That's him. And he has a purpose for everything. It's so easy to be distracted and lose sight of this.

So whether you believe in God or not, don't lose perspective. Because as Relient K phrases it, "Perspective is a lovely hand to hold." It changes the way you handle situations. It's essential to maintaining sanity. It's what people mean when they say look at the big picture, and it's never truer than when you're feel overwhelmed. Please, don't beat yourself up when you're feeling down. I've been there so many times and it doesn't help. So there's my wise and oh so old at seventeen thoughts on life and living. Keep it up people, "it's not the end of the world, just a calamity."