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Perfectionist or healer?
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
The perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect marks in school. It can often seem like we’re in constant competition—sometimes with ourselves, oftentimes with others—to have or be the best.
There are many references in the Bible to perfection. Jesus implores us, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”
Although the pursuit of perfection is perhaps one goal of a Christian, I’ve found there are Christly ways to achieve this goal as well as willful, perfectionist attempts. The Christly way heals and uplifts, while the way of perfectionism can be hurtful and debilitating. As a child I learned to approach perfection as a perfectionist and suffered as a result. But as I studied Christian Science, I gained a healing view of perfection that changed me for the better.
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About the author
Kathy Dunton is a Christian Science practitioner in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States.
