Imperfection

So many times we hear someone say, I wish I was perfect. Well, maybe you were not meant to be that way in the first place. Truth be told, perfection is scary.

The idea of perfection is a myth.

The very fact that everything is changing is a sign that we all strive for perfection, knowingly or unknowingly.

Sometimes we strive so hard for perfection that we forget that imperfection is happiness.

I will use a short story to strengthen my point.

In a village, there was a very big mansion which had a garden

There was a caretaker who used to water all the plants in the garden. He used to carry two pots, one in each hand. One pot was perfect while the other one had a crack. As a result, when he used to reach the garden, one pot was full of water while the other pot always lost some of its water. The cracked pot was very sad as no matter how hard it tried , it couldn't be perfect. One day it told the caretaker  to replace it with a perfect pot. The caretaker only smiled on hearing this.

He asked  the cracked pot to have a look at both sides of the path between the water tank and the garden.

It observed that one side had flowers along the path while the other path was empty. The caretaker told the pot" I had plated seeds of  flowers on your side. Only your side has the flowers while the other side doesn't.  Everyday you watered the flowers  unknowingly." The pot felt very happy after knowing this.

What I wanted to tell from the story is that we all have imperfections and it is our imperfections that make us what we are. Your imperfections are what make you perfect.

A big thanks to all my crack pot friends who helped me to realize this.