Your life is asking something of you.

Jesus told his followers to be "perfect as the Father is perfect." 

At first glance this seems pretty outrageous, but glance again. 

 

If you have perfection as a goal, excellence as your standard, you will always have work to do. You'll face your own inner obstacles: those fears and preconceptions that hold you back. You'll face circumstances beyond your control, which you'll have to meet with creativity. If you're not sitting still, you have work to do. Your life will be, by definition, a work in progress. 

Operative word: work. 

Maybe you're trying to build something. Maybe you're like me and you've set your sites on attaining creative freedom through getting paid to do what you love on your own terms. Maybe, like me, you're willing to spend the rest of your life trying to make that happen, even if you can only spare 30 minutes a day. (You can spare more than that. Sleep less.)

For me, this is the perfection Jesus was talking about: to live in freedom, supported by my creativity. 

Awesome dream. Build that.

Jesus was just commenting on getting the most out of life. He was saying, "You've always got something you can be working on." What he meant was "Your life is asking something of you." 

Asking what? The answer is in your circumstances. Whether it's your job, your relationships, your dream, there is always further to go, more to discover, more to achieve. As long as you are alive and kicking, perfection remains a process. It's synonymous with living.

Or it should be.

If you feel pulled toward something greater, more fulfilling, more awesome, set out. If you don't, maybe you're not aiming high enough. If you don't, no matter what you've achieved, I'm guessing you're capable of more. 

Ever forward.

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