I believe

            I believe in the beauty of imperfection and the forgiveness power.  I gained the perfection desire the moment I released that I had no power of changing how individuals perceived me.  This quest grew when I was still in high school and people had developed a negative opinion about the person that I am.  I spend un-numbered days, weeks and years trying to work on changing individual opinions by forcing them to perceive my personality and self as perfect. My efforts were however not fruitful as the ability to be perceived differently lies on how I conduct myself.   Throughout my school life, I was a better person and I did not value forgiveness because I believed that those who caused me pain through perceiving me negatively did not deserve forgiveness.  However, I was wrong because I learned that being imperfect is the best because we all hold our faults and strengths that are unique from the other.

            In high school in subjected much of my effort to gain people’s attention so that I would be noticed as a perfect person.  I was therefore forced to shed my blue childhood glasses.  Everyone developed a different opinion about me and even though I wanted to be noticed as a perfect person ironically I failed to appreciate the positive compliments. I turned to be an individual who never accepted compliments and my responses were termed as nonsense. I used to blame the things that were complimented to me on someone else.  This, therefore, made me realize that perfection is achieved when we accepted the person that we are but not through other people’s perceptions.

            I have learnt to accept what people perceive of me and to forgive them if their perception offends me. This is because we all see things different and my judgment towards some else is also different from what they think of themselves.  I now believe that imperfect people are not necessitated to be in control which means that they have to be themselves.  Being perfect is based on control because it involves trying to control the opinions held by others, attempting to be in control of situations and attempting to be in control of the world.  I released that achieving perfection requires too much effort which is impossible as several things much come in the way.  On the other hand, I believe in imperfection’s beauty because it simply means that even when things fail to work I have to smile and move on. In addition, this gives me the opportunity of noticing the imperfection’s beauty.

            Brown, (2010), asserts that imperfection is a prized gift that allows people to work on who they are meant to be and not what other people perceive of them. Through my imperfection, I have learned several and significant lessons. Attempting to view my life back then when I needed to transform people’s perception I see that I was stressed and the difficult moments made me a better person.  The trying times gave me no option but to accept things as they are and I realized that my imperfection was replaced by understanding.

Currently, I take everyone opinion about me positively and nothing that people perceive that annoys me anymore.  Forgiving means that I am able to accept that I am not a perfect person and I only need to work on what I truly believe in.  There are peace and beauty I accepting to learn things through the life experiences and am  fully involved in learning about imperfection’s beauty and the power of acceptance and forgiveness.

 

 

 

            Reference

            Brown, B. (2010). The gifts of imperfection: Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are. Center City, Minn: Hazelden.