Beauty in the Unraveling

Find it, keep it, put the sword down

Perfectionism is a seedy balm that we spread over our hearts and minds like a bandaid, sealing in a yearning need for validation or something like belonging. It’s popular, lofty even, to refer to ourselves as recovering perfectionists. And it’s true, as with anything, that awareness is the first step. But is recovering perfectionism truly anti-perfectio…