Lately I find myself reflecting back on the years that have molded me into who I am today. I’m becoming more grateful for the many different things I’ve gone through in life, and the people who have come, gone, and stayed that have brought me to where I am now. Looking back makes me realize that I’ve grown so much as a person on so many different levels. I’m not perfect and I don’t pretend to be. But what exactly is perfect? I’m perfectly happy with who I am and I love my life. Perfection is relative and being happy is all I need.
I believe I’m standing exactly where I should be in life with the person who I am absolutely meant to be standing with. I have an amazing family and fabulous friends who I love. I have a job I can honestly say I love that puts money in my pocket and allows me growth and opportunity. I am healthy. I am strong. I am determined. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I am gullible. I am impatient. I am candid. I worry too much. I talk a lot. I am easily distracted. I am competitive. I am not shy. I am not afraid to speak my mind. I know exactly who I am, and I am not perfect. I have faults and I can easily recognize them. When I’m having a bad day I try to reposition any negative thoughts and remember that I am alive and well.
So what exactly is perfect? I believe it’s finding yourself and your life imperfectly perfect. Nothing good comes from negativity, it only intrudes evil. Instead of wishing you could change a mistake or event from the past discover what you learned from it and change the future. I know exactly who I am and I am not perfect, but I stand firmly and confidently in my life being perfectly imperfect and I wouldn’t change a thing.
Be well. Live well. ~SLK