“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” ~Anna Quindlen
“Oh, my god,” she said, “I forgot to shave my left leg!” That may not sound like a particularly dramatic announcement, but Jenny and I were sharing a seat on the chartered bus taking our senior class to the beach for “Senior Cut Day” a few weeks before graduation, and her discovery horrified me. An unshaved leg, it seemed to me at the time, was scandalous in the extreme. Had it been me who forgot to shave, I would have kept my sweats on all day rather than display my embarrassing imperfection. Jenny, on the other hand, not only shared her faux pas with me, she then announced it loudly to the entire bus. She laughed about it, and invited everyone else to laugh, too! Continue reading. Originally posted on Tiny Buddha.
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