I thank you that I have no need of the burden of perfection.

I thank you that I have experienced pursuing perfection.

I thank you that I have been rewarded for chasing perfection

I thank you that I have suffered the pain of chasing perfection.

I thank you for both prize and pain.

They gift me
the chance to change
through informed choice.

I thank you for both informed and uninformed choices.

They gift me
the consequences.

I thank you for the consequences of my choices.

They allow me
a balance.

I thank you for the choice of balance.

It allows me
to find
what is important.

I thank you for finding what is important.

Without all
that comes before –

I never would

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