I keep making the discovery that perfectionism and marriage do not go together. At all. I don't know why this is so hard for me to learn, and re-learn, but it is. I keep hoping, thinking, dreaming, that I will get it "right" - that I won't have to go back, rework things, and try again... but that somehow, magically, the first time it will be done right. And then we'll be in a pattern of doing things "right."
This is not the case, not the case at all.
Yet I still get frustrated. Last night I was talking with Magnus about a few things I was frustrated with and in the middle of the conversation realized my perfectionism was kicking in and that was really why I was so agitated. It's amazing how heavily I lean on desiring to do things "right" or "perfectly" and when it does not come live up to my expectation I feel as if I've failed.
Far from failing, though, God is teaching me, maturing me, and growing me deeply in my relationship with my husband and interactions with him. I am learning, and constantly learning. So hard to remember, but so true.
And I will continue to be learning throughout our married life as God brings new circumstances our way that will continue to challenge, shape and grow us.
May I continue to learn that it is not about doing it "right," but about growing and learning all God has for me through the process.
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