They cramp around our wounds-the pain from our childhood, the losses and disappointments of adulthood, the humiliations suffered in both-to keep us from getting hurt in the same place again, to keep foreign substances out. So those wounds never have a chance to heal. Perfectionism is one way our muscles cramp. In some cases we don't even know that the wounds and the cramping are there, but both limit us.
( Anne Lamott )
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