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weight of perfection

                                           unrealistic demands - 

                                             absurd exhausting







                                               04/01/2022
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Komal Walimbe Date: 5/13/2022 3:44:00 AM Perfection leads to exhaustion, you did caught that feeling right! Society's endless demands have made everyones life miserable. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like when there was no one to judge and a world with peace. A nice one! :) Login to Reply

Phyllis Babcock Date: 1/11/2022 11:46:00 AM Because we want perfection is the reason we end up exhausted. Could not agree more with this senryu. love phyl Login to Reply

Valsa George Date: 1/9/2022 4:03:00 AM We all seek for perfection and finally end up exhausted. Great senryu Anne. Login to Reply

Paulette Calasibetta Date: 1/5/2022 4:28:00 PM Hi Anne-Lise, a profound Senryu, we can only do what we humanly can and let the rest go. Great write! Cheers, Paulette Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:56:00 AM - So true, Paulette :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison Date: 1/5/2022 11:50:00 AM oh perhaps it was my desire for perfection and not covid thats making me so tired!!! superb write, happy new year:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:55:00 AM - One gets tired of everything that is unattainable ... we must learn to relax, Jan :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Regina Mcintosh Date: 1/5/2022 3:27:00 AM Wonderful write. Love it. God bless you sweet friend. Love, Gina Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:51:00 AM - Thank you very much for your comments, Gina :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Victor Buhagiar Date: 1/5/2022 2:32:00 AM Keep up your ambitions and forget the past. Hugs. Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:51:00 AM - For some easy to forget ... for others difficult, Victor :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Panagiota Romios Date: 1/4/2022 11:45:00 PM I know what u meanEach day is like this for me.Pangie Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:49:00 AM - Every day is like this for 89% of all people, Pangie :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Kim Rodrigues Date: 1/4/2022 6:04:00 PM Right?! Great senryu! Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:48:00 AM - Thank you very much for your comments, Kim :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 1/4/2022 3:33:00 PM Ah, my dear sunshine we do survive no matter how hard it gets we don't give up, Pat yourself in the back, you are stronger then you think xo Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:47:00 AM - Strength does not come from muscles ... it comes from within, Vie Rose :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Vijay Pandit Date: 1/4/2022 2:30:00 PM You conveyed your message skillfully, Anne-Lise, with your photo and your poem. Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:46:00 AM - Thank you very much for your comments, Vijay :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Judy Ball Date: 1/4/2022 2:19:00 PM I put my faith in the providence of The Good Lord and try to please Him. I ask for the strength to run the race set before me. A fine write. God Bless, JB Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:45:00 AM - God does not require us to be perfect, Judy :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Tom Cunningham Date: 1/4/2022 1:37:00 PM I blame social media for a lot of it, you must look like this, you must have that people are being brainwashed with tragic consequences. Tom Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/6/2022 10:44:00 AM - Yes, social media has a lot of the blame ... I agree, Tom - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 1/4/2022 11:45:00 AM You are so right my friend, keeping up with the rat race humanity has set - love your pic! hugs and blessings, Jennifer. Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/4/2022 12:37:00 PM - The stress of everyday life affects us more than we think, Jenny - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

David Kavanagh Date: 1/4/2022 11:37:00 AM Some set the bar too high for themselves and others, Anne-Lise, your insightful senryu spells out the consequences, total exhaustion and perhaps an early grave, cheers David Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 1/4/2022 1:11:00 PM Part of the human condition, for all the sense that makes, :) Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/4/2022 12:35:00 PM - Too high, David ... why? ... we live on this earth only once ... so true : "perhaps an early grave" - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Sotto Poet Date: 1/4/2022 11:10:00 AM Anne-Lise, you have written a beautiful piece. Excellence may be tedious. Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/4/2022 12:33:00 PM - As long as we do the best we can ... everything is fine, Las :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Joseph May Date: 1/4/2022 10:20:00 AM Perfection can exhaust us, Nicely penned Anne, Hugs Login to Reply Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/4/2022 12:31:00 PM - Everything does not have to be perfect, Joseph - hugs // Anne-Lise :)