Pause for thought...

I love Radio 2 and it provides the soundtrack to my day.  I start with Sir Terry and his Togs whilst giving Star his breakfast and continue right through until 7pm when it goes all 'weird'.    For those of you that are still 'down with the kids' on Radio 1 or, better still, sleeping soundly in your beds, one of the features of  'Wake up with Wogan' is 'Pause For Thought'. This is where someone of a religious persuasion spends a few minutes giving a short 'sermon'  about something to make us stop and think.  It is rarely something overtly religious, which is just as well as I'm not either.


Today's Pause for Thought can be found here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wake-up-to-wogan/pause-for-thought/thursday/ and it got me thinking about my own obsession for striving for the best - perfectionism.


Perfectionism can be a heavy cross to bear and for those of you that suffer with this affliction you will understand when I say it is something that I battle against for my own well being, and those around me.  So, to keep my sanity, I regularly tell myself that 'good enough will do'.  Of course I don't really believe it ! and of course I'm sure my definition of 'only just good enough' is actually 'quite good' in other peoples eyes;-)


Since the arrival of Star I have found the urge to have everything  perfect for him to be very strong but I know that this is not the right behaviour to display to him.  It doesn't breed happiness and contentment which above all else is surely what we as parents strive for in our children.   On the other hand I don't want my son to grow up doing the bare minimum in anything that he does.  This is a disease of modern society that I loath - how often do you really get good service ?  So where is the right balance ?


The answer came to me in a typically straightforward manner.  Star was given a gift when he was born from a lovely friend.  It was a CD called Silver Balloon which can be found here http://www.silverballoon.com/index.html , and it became the soundtrack to his early life.  The songs on the CD contain his name in the lyrics and the songs are just fantastic.  One of our favourite songs teaches the alphabet, numbers and colours...and it's title...'BE THE BEST THAT WE CAN BE'

Pause for thought...