{"id":523,"date":"2012-01-07T03:17:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T03:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=523"},"modified":"2012-01-07T03:36:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T03:36:51","slug":"youre-perfect-but-incomplete-or-made-in-gods-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2012\/01\/youre-perfect-but-incomplete-or-made-in-gods-image.html","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re perfect but incomplete; Or, made in God&#8217;s Image (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-524\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/304\/2012\/01\/d76199310f1c7c141a729e947e193feb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-524\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/304\/2012\/01\/d76199310f1c7c141a729e947e193feb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perfect, but Incomplete Credit: Photo Courtesy of Babycenter.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All men&#8217;s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. -Socrates<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to do things a little differently today; I made\u00a0a short video explaining things in more detail on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/video.php?v=195511296577&amp;ref=mf\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>. Give it a watch or a listen and let me know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>But, since some of you might not be willing or able to listen just now, I am going to write out some of what I covered in the video.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of my articles and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacelovemoney.com\/What_We_Do.html\" target=\"_blank\">coaching\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0center around the idea of change; changing yourself, changing your life, changing your circumstances. And yet, I frequently make the statement that you&#8217;re already perfect, just the way you are.<\/p>\n<p>People ask me all the time how it is you can be perfect, and yet need to change, so that&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve written this article.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You&#039;re Perfect, But Incomplete\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZnYEjSyDaXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The simple answer is, you don&#8217;t NEED to change, but you may want to for reasons I&#8217;m going to explain in a minute.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned\u00a0before\u00a0\u00a0Wallace Wattles&#8217; book \u201cThe Science Of Getting Rich\u201d was one of Rhonda Byrne&#8217;s primary inspirations for The Secret. Mr. Wattles wrote a second book entitled \u201cThe Science Of Being Great\u201d which was where I first encountered the idea of being perfect, but incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>The best example of something that is perfect, but incomplete is a baby.<br \/>\nA baby can&#8217;t particularly DO anything but lay there and cry, and yet anyone will tell you (especially parents) that there is no more perfect thing in all the world.<\/p>\n<p>So when I say you&#8217;re perfect, right now as you are, what I&#8217;m really saying is you are exactly who you had to be to get to where you are. You&#8217;re just tall enough or short enough, rich enough or poor enough, educated or experienced enough to have all you need to have the life you&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, what got you here won&#8217;t get you anywhere BUT here; so if you want more out of life you have to make some changes.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t particularly believe we have a set Fate or Destiny as it were, but I do believe God has certain things that God would like to see happen. There are certain lessons we come here to learn, and things we come here to do, but I don&#8217;t believe the Divine forces us into anything, only gives us a little push.<\/p>\n<p>You know what it is you are supposed to do: it&#8217;s that little voice that is always there, telling you should become a singer, or actor, or go back to school, anything. And a hundred louder voices pop up to say why it&#8217;s dumb, or impossible for you to do, but that little voice won&#8217;t go away.<\/p>\n<p>That voice is your purpose, your primary lesson in life.<\/p>\n<p>You have everything you need within you to accomplish this goal, all the intelligence, power, and fortitude necessary if you will commit yourself to going after it.<\/p>\n<p>So get after it!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video when you can, and let me know if there is anything I can do to help you on your way.<\/p>\n<p>You are great, and I love you!<\/p>\n<p>And if you love me back, click &#8216;share&#8217; up at the top!<\/p>\n<p>B. Dave Walters<\/p>\n<p>Writer, Life Coach, and Talk Radio Host<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about me:<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters\" href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ask me anything:<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/formspring.me\/BDaveWalters\" href=\"http:\/\/formspring.me\/BDaveWalters\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/formspring.me\/BDaveWalters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pages I support:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Jesus and Buddha \" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jesusnbuddha\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus and Buddha\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Interfaith dialog<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gnostic Theism\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Gnostic-Theism\/213600055362473\" target=\"_blank\">Gnostic Theism<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Religion and Spirituality for the 21st Century (Join the Movement!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/177682155586539\/\" target=\"_blank\">Love One Another<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; \u00a0A group for the coolest Spiritual people on the Internet!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/BDaveWalters\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image3.examiner.com\/images\/blog\/EXID4908\/images\/Button_Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BDaveWalters\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image3.examiner.com\/images\/blog\/EXID4908\/images\/Button_Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bdavewalters\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image3.examiner.com\/images\/blog\/EXID4908\/images\/Button_YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/bdavewalters\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image3.examiner.com\/images\/blog\/EXID4908\/images\/Button_MySpace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/formspring.me\/bdavewalters\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image3.examiner.com\/images\/blog\/EXID4908\/images\/email_button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"47\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All men&#8217;s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. -Socrates I&#8217;m going to do things a little differently today; I made\u00a0a short video explaining things in more detail on\u00a0Facebook. 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