The Gifts of Imperfection, part 2

After finishing this book, I feel like it was a very worthwhile read. I learned a lot and will hopefully keep that with me in life. The last few points that I liked are these:

Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on earth. -Mark Twain

Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing: we are not alone.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

--I learned that we shouldn't worry so much about what other people think of us. We can't please everyone, but we should be able to please ourselves. We lose a lot of who we are because we are worried other people might think of us as silly, foolish, etc.

In this book, the author covers 10 guideposts on the power of wholehearted living:

#1 Cultivating authenticity: Letting go of what people think

#2 Cultivating self-compassion: Letting go of perfectionism

#3 Cultivating a resilient spirit: Letting go of numbing and powerlessness

#4 Cultivating gratitude and joy: Letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark

#5 Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: Letting go of the need for certainty

#6 Cultivating creativity: Letting go of comparison

#7 Cultivating play and rest: Letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth

#8 Cultivating calm and stillness: Letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle

#9 Cultivating meaningful work: Letting go of self-doubt and "supposed to"

#10 Cultivating laughter, song, and dance: Letting go of being cool and "always in control"