Being Grateful When Life Seems Imperfect.....

One of my strategies when recovering from M.E....

I am a recovering life long perfectionist. Anyone else?

In both of my 6th form years I won the award titled “Little Miss Perfect” at our annual dinner. For most of my life, unless everything was 100% perfect I would not be satisfied or pleased.

Yes. Cue many years of frustration and unhappiness!

There are personality traits that are very common in people who develop conditions like M.E. We are achievers. Strivers. Perfectionists. High internal stress load. Hello being very susceptible to autoimmunity and chronic health issues.

A virus comes along and is the final piece of cargo that sinks our ship….

These days - given what I’ve experienced with my health which has included being bedbound with M.E, - I am mostly like Scrooge on Christmas Day morning. Just to be up and at it. (This has elevated since hitting 50…) I’m just supremely grateful to be given another go. And I will say again and again that every single time I’m out for a walk. Or I break into a run, I have lightning bolts of gratitude running through my veins. I pray and hope that this never leaves me. It is the one thing that M.E gifted me with. This lense of unbelievable gratefulness for what many perceive as expected and “normal”.

And leaning into a lense of gratitude and service and surrender has been life changing for me. It’s as important to me and my health as my way of eating is. Yes. THAT important!

I don’t believe in bottling up feelings. Express those emotions 100%! But I do believe that you get more of what you focus on and speak about. So I choose these days to look at what’s good and what’s working.

Does this resonate with you too??

Big love

(Not so perfect) Jo 😉

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Xxx