Calling all those who feel like they are the only one. I often feel like the only one who is a basket case. I wonder if anyone else could possibly be all over the emotional scale like I am.

One day I can conquer the world and the next…. well, if it wasn’t for the globe in my front room, I would wonder if this life could actually be real… and if it is, somebody please help me because some days I am just one lost soul.

Now I could blame it all on hormones or I could just realize that in our fast paced society we face a lot everyday and dealing with hormones is just one of the many factors that throws us off.

For example, just the basic demands of maintaining normal life are enough to drive anyone crazy. Then add in all the unexpected: car trouble, appliance breakdowns, meltdowns of friends, family members and co-workers, illnesses and all the un-calendared events that never end. Of course by now we’re teetering on the edge of sanity.

When we add the pressure of needing to be perfect and needing to handle everything as if we were the Queen of England (who by the way, only seems so cool calm and collected because she has a staff), it’s inevitable that somedays we feel like we’re losing it.

Anyone who says they have it all together is lying or in deep denial. The good news is with the right perspective even when we feel like basket cases, we can rest assured we’re not.

Having a healthy perspective on our humanness helps us always to have a firm grip on the handle of our basket, whether it’s full, empty or turned upside down.

I have listed some thoughts and quotes that I keep in one of the directories of my mind. By feeding my mind a steady diet of thoughts like these, it’s easy to put things into perspective on one of my “crazy basket case” days .

Write these thoughts down and put them where you can look at them often so they become part of your thought process.

“No one is perfect except Christ and anyone who expects you to be perfect is someone who you have permission to ignore.” —Becca Levie

Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect. —Chinese Proverb

This life is about progression, not perfection, that’s what eternity is for. — Becca Levie

Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence. —Rosalynn Carter

While we were created to be perfect even as our Father is, He doesn’t expect us to be perfect in this lifetime or to do it alone. —Becca Levie

The biggest favor you can do is give yourself permission to be human and to be dependant upon God, and while your at it give your friends and family permission too.

The thoughts in your mind are your master, choose them on purpose, think them on purpose and you, will find you are truly living Life On Purpose.