Progress, Not Perfection

Dear Friends,

My kids, a couple of friends and I went cross country skiing a few weeks ago on an absolutely spectacular, snow filled day.  There were a couple of new to skiing folks with us, so while we all had a great time, we weren’t exactly the fastest bunch out there.

How are you feeling, as we near the end of January? 

My friend and I were on a walk earlier this week, talking about how we think we all need a little breathing space in January to come off the end of the year, the busyness, the holidays.  We were talking about how goals for the new year might better be set in February or March rather than the month where we all just need to breathe and chill for a bit.

In light of that, whether you chose to make goals for yourself in this new year, or whether that isn’t your thing, I hope we can all remind ourselves that it’s progress, not perfection that should be our focus.

Celebrate the little milestones you reach.  Celebrate the small changes.  Don’t let the need for perfection prevent you from celebrating your accomplishments…or celebrating you.

A couple of weeks ago we made it to the top of the mountain.  It took a long time, we were pretty slow, but we made it…and we had fun and was surrounded by so much beauty on the way to the top…and you know what, if we hadn’t made it to the top that day, we would have still had fun and been surrounded by so much beauty.

Have an amazing week, my friend.

Love
Krista