#TransformationTuesday

Authentic transformation occurs when we focus not on perfection but on putting the work in - giving it our all. When my girls were in middle/high school we told them we expected their 100% and if that ended with a C then we would be fine with that grade as long as we knew they had given it their all. See we could have said we expect - require even - A's but that's not realistic. Sometimes when we put 100% effort in we end up with a C and THAT'S OKAY. Why? Because perfection isn't the goal, transformation is and all that requires is effort.

I ran across an article about transformation and the necessity of it for our lives. We shouldn't stay the same - things need to change as we grow in understanding and experience life. But the cocoon we've been in is warm, cozy, and safe. Most of us would just as rather stay in it than break out and be exposed. But the beauty of transformation is when the cocoon breaks open and we are forced out - changed, a better and healthier version of ourselves.

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Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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