dailydatewithgod

Besides the impracticality of perfection there is so much about it that is simply undesirable. I know I and many others harbor under the illusion or fantasy of how fabulous perfection is in whatever form it is.  But I think our idea of perfection is tied up in so much of our own sense of unworthiness that we neglect to see the blunder of the perfect. I agree I am drawn to things that appear to be all in place and lacking of flaws.  Yet it is only when we look at things from far enough away that we see perfection. The closer and more intimate we get with ourselves, with life and all that comes with it do we see the blunder. The perfection is not about the eradication of any kind of flaw or mistake.  The perfection is the acceptance of a blunder as being as what is meant to be in the moment it is.  In the recovery world this is referred to as facing life on life’s terms. The longer I am alive on this planet, the more experiences I have of how the very blunder I was trying to erase from my life ended up being the catalyst for something past any kind of perfection I could have hoped to achieve by erasing the blunder.  God invites us to open our hearts and see the blunders as life’s perfect way of teaching us how to love.  If we can see the perfection of a blunder in an experience as an avenue to access a deeper sense of what it means to be alive, what might letting go of needing to be perfect allow us to see in ourselves and others?