Oh my, you’re here again. Let me just say thank you while I’m at this.
So today I’m going to be talking about… Embracing Imperfection.
What really is this said perfection that people are always clamoring after? We as humans strive for perfection in our appearances and in the things that we do. And I think that one way or the other that has created some unrealistic expectations.
Where I think the line blurs is between excellence, beauty and ‘perfection’. Some people use those words interchangeably. I do as well. But before I delve into what I have to say today, I want to point out that I have never fainted before in my entire life. It used to be one of my biggest flex. And always say that I am as healthy as a horse. I have never passed out before. Which relatively, I still think that I haven’t.
I just remembered a time in my final year when I fell sick really bad. I’m still going to talk about that another time. Because in retrospect now, I feel like what happened is mostly my fault. In two sentences, a few months before I fell sick, I was thinking, oh it’s been a while since I’ve had malaria, years even. I wonder what it feels like. And a few weeks later, I found out what it felt like. But I remember going to get injections from the doctor. It was the second day because I had to go every day for three days.
I was ready to get my my treatment, And dreading that painful feeling of having the needle pierce through my skin. The next thing I knew, I was on the chair and my mom was shaking me to wake up. I wouldn’t classify it as fainting. I don’t think it is. I just think that my brain shut down and rebooted for like a minute. Because everything happened in less than two minutes. So, I am still on the fact that I have never fainted before.
Now, on to the real deal.
Let me just start by saying that the only thing that I perceive to carry the essence of perfection is God himself.
I think that the word perfect has been thrown around so many times that the true meaning has been lost. And when I say true meaning, I mean how the things that seem imperfect are exactly what make Perfect, perfect.
Okay, I just spoke a different language right there, but let me break it down. So I said earlier that I feel like where people get it all mixed up, interchanging excellence with perfection.
Honestly, when I say I want something done perfectly, I just want it done excellently, to yield the expected result with as little mistakes as possible and that is normal. When I look at someone and say they are perfect, its not because they have no character flaws, its because of their personality and mind that makes me say such a thing.
For me, I’m the kind of person who knows that the world is not the best place, but I just can’t help but see the brighter side of things. I just can’t help but see the good things. So in my world, everything is filled with roses and lilies, unfortunately. I don’t know how to see it in any other way. So in this case, I’m going to start out with the way we perceive things in terms of physical looks and things we see with our eyes, and the unrealistic expectation of perfection.
You know, I see things on the internet, templates of the perfect face, the perfect teeth and all that. It is really wild to me because I have always been of the line of thought that what makes something perfect is that sprinkle of imperfection.
I can’t help but notice people’s smiles, because I am somebody who smiles a lot myself. And when I see people smile, I don’t think about the person that has the perfect teeth or the crooked one or whatnot. I just see the essence of joy in that smile and the peculiarity to every individual person. And that just is the way it is for me.
So basically, what I am trying to saying that, in terms of our actions, what we aim at is excellence, and in terms of how we perceive others, we should learn to not have a rigid mindset to people’s existence. we should instead embrace those nuances and quirks in them, because those things are exactly what makes everyone perfect.
Anyway, remember to spread nothing but love this week and reach for the stars
