Because nothing is perfect, and even flowers have thorny stems.
Why? I know I’ve asked this question perhaps a million times already but I never seem to find the answer. Questions about why I am the way I am, why people are the way they are, and why I can’t be perfect.
Why doesn’t a day go by when I can’t do everything exactly as it should be done? Why do I have inherent weaknesses? Why on earth am I so vulnerable? Why are relationships always so tricky? Why do we judge others and why do others judge us? Why do we feel so good some days and so rotten on some other days?
Why do things never go as planned? Why are things never simple? Why do I find no clear answers and everyone else seems to get along just fine? Why am I such a child sometimes? Why do we age physically yet stay just as tender as a green shoot inside?
Why on earth do I never understand it’s not good to speak my mind like that – most certainly not on the world wide web?
Questions. Questions.
The answers lie deep within.
Let me explain.
The reasons for our own imperfections – and indeed of life – and those that lie in people are because we are human. And that we’re not meant to be perfect and we’ll always be like an imperfect picture – with a dash of red that’s too strong or a blue that’s too light. But it is these so called ‘deviations’ that make the picture real, likable and individual. And it should appreciated for what it is – a masterpiece.
I certainly don’t mean to say I am one, but simply that we’re all masterpieces in our right. And we’re imperfect. Perfect, yet full of imperfections. And it’s okay. What matters is that we accept that and move on.
In the end, I conclude perfection is
Contentment.
That’s right. If I’m content with who and what I am, I’ll feel perfect, knowing I’m full of faults.
SaFire
February 2, 2012 at 2:25 pm
loved this blog post. you voiced my sentiments exactly.
mehmudah
February 2, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Thanks SaFire!
Uzma
February 7, 2012 at 7:14 am
This is lovely. Calms the rising wave of feeling imperfect. The storm has passed now. The world, its people, our ways are diverse and unique. Using others measures for ourselves doesn’t work. Yup, contentment is the key. Well said. God bless. Glad you found my blog and I found yours in return
mehmudah
February 7, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Thanks Uzma, for reading and commenting. And welcome to this little haunt. Hope you’ll come around more often! Love your blog too!
Muhammad Moosa
February 7, 2012 at 2:02 pm
full of imperfections yet perfect, loved the line.
we all know we cannot be perfect but still we always should try to reach the perfection.
nice peace of article.
mehmudah
February 7, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Thank you.