Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

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It is simply something that dooms over us all, a belief that we can be without flaw – the fear of inadequacy leading to these insecurities. You are taking away the outside stress and pressures. You’re gaining the ability to 1 focus on your goals 100% and the task at hand, without the little voice in your head telling you that you might not be good enough.

Behind this practice, intricately linked to the notion of wabi sabi, lies a wish to celebrate the beauty of time passing. Kintsugi is also used as a metaphor of resilience by health professionals. One may experience trauma, be damaged and then be reborn, more beautiful, and stronger. Leaving the idea of perfection behind and accepting that imperfect is perfect raises our confidence. For years, the media has pushed images of the “perfect” body in our faces, this has ultimately led to a generation of insecure humans constantly pushing to achieve an impossible image. A #1 internationally bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about learning to love ourselves, with all our imperfections, by the Buddhist author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet: “The world could surely use a little more love, a little more compassion, and a little more wisdom. In Love for Imperfect Things, Haemin Sunim shows us how to cultivate all three, and to find beauty in the most imperfect of things–including your very own self.”In Assamese, two imperfect forms are recognisedː present progressive and/or present perfect & past progressive and/or remote past. There is only one periphrastic tense which functions as both the present progressive and present perfect with reference to the setting in which is placed. [ citation needed] A relation between past happenings: a situation that was in progress in the past or a condition originated in a previous time, when another isolated and important event occurred (the first verb, indicating the status in progress or condition from the past using the imperfect, while the latter uses the preterite). No one is perfect. But that doesn't stop us from imagining how much happier we'd be if we were smarter, funnier, richer, or thinner. But what if being yourself is enough?

Dengan menarik ke masa lalulah Haemin menjelaskan dengan empatik, bagaimana, misalnya, sahabatnya--yang ibunya dulu dianggap tak akan bisa membesarkan anak sukses--jadi terobsesi bekerja berlebihan sekalipun sudah sukses karena mengira hanya dengan cara itulah ia merasa hidupnya bernilai. Dan Haemin, dengan lebih empatik lagi, menenangkan sahabatnya dengan kalimat hal yang mungkin semua orang ingin mendengar itu diucapkan pada mereka: " Your existence is already enough."Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet: "The world could surely use a little more love, a little more compassion, and a little more wisdom. In Love for Imperfect Things, Haemin Sunim shows us how to cultivate all three, and to find beauty in the most imperfect of things--including your very own self." The main theme of Love for Imperfect Things is self-love and acceptance. The book is full of wisdom and insight that can help readers to find their own way in life. It’s essential to understand that perfection is an abstract and unattainable ideal. In reality, nobody is perfect. It’s impossible to achieve perfection since it’s a subjective idea. We need to embrace imperfections as part of being human. Buku ini tergolong bacaan yang mudah dicerna. Tidak perlu memikirkan banyak hal, malah kalau bisa ketika membaca fokuskan pada tulisannya saja. Praktik bisa dilakukan setelah mencapai satu bab. Menurutku, itu cara yang cukup bijak untukbenar-benar memahami apa yang ditulis oleh Sunim.

A real treasure. It teaches us that compassion is at the heart of healing . . . starting with ourselves. I highly recommend this book Life wouldn’t be very exciting if we were all the same and everything was easy to do, so simply embrace the imperfect. What you are feeling is not something that should just be ignored, but something very significant. The feelings inside you will not easily disappear just because you decide to suppress or ignore them. Even products labelled 'limited edition' are made on a production line with hundreds that are exactly the same. But there is only one you in the world.Imagine getting rid of your civilian clothes, pulling up your swimsuit, and soaking your tired, work-wrought bones in one of Hungary's famous mineral springs... Hungary, you are blessed! Dalam Love for Imperfection Things, Sunim menata setiap bab sesuai urutan sebaiknya kita menerima hidup. Diawali dengan bab tentang Self-Care dan ditutup dengan bab mengenai Acceptance. Begitu pula dengan tingkat kesulitan mempraktikkannya ke dalam kehidupan sehari-hari: semakin ke belakang akan terasa sulitnya. Tetapi itu mungkin adalah sebuah kenyataan yang harus diterima. Love for Imperfect Things tidak mudah, namun bukan berarti itu tidak mungkin untuk dilakukan, kan? Psychologically, pursuing perfection often stems from a desire for approval, validation, or a fear of criticism. It can lead to anxiety, stress, and feelings of inadequacy when unrealistic standards aren't met. Perfectionism can hinder personal development and be a source of unhappiness. Wabi-sabi can also be incorporated into contemplating something and seeing it grow more beautiful as time passes. As a craft and an art form, kintsugi challenges expectations. This is because the technique goes further than repairing an object but actually transforms and intentionally changes its appearance.

The book tells the story of a young woman named Soo-min who is struggling to find her place in the world. She feels lost and alone, but she eventually learns to love herself for who she is. The book is full of wisdom and insight that can help readers to find their own way in life.

We should all feel comfortable in our own skin – there is no reason to feel like you are any less because you don’t match up to the images you see. You can be the most amazing human being in the world and everyone sees rays of light, love, and genius when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that external admiration doesn't matter one bit. Haemin Sunim teaches you ways to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving you. It makes a world of difference Cara Haemin menulis sangat personal dan sederhana sehingga saya nyaris tidak mengantisipasi akan ada emosi besar di sana. Narasi Haemin untuk memahami masalah orang-orang juga pada dasarnya klise: menarik ke masa lalu, terutama masa kecil. Menyebalkannya, itu efektif untuk menarik emosi. Imperfect" comes from the Latin imperfectus "unfinished", [2] because the imperfect expresses an ongoing, uncompleted action. The equivalent Ancient Greek term was paratatikós "prolonged". [3] If a verb ends in open vowels ( a or e), the open vowels become closed while adding -yor (because of the closed auxiliary vowel -i-).