Enjoy the perfection of imperfection!

Lately I have been irritated with the set of people called the perfectionists. A set of people who want perfection in everything in life.....a dish, a dress, an occasion, a friend, a goal and so on. There are some people who are permanent members of this group and then there are some who become temporary members like me. Do ask how? You see off late I have trying to write an article and have ended up discarding it every time coz something seems missing. Now the fact that I have not been able to complete the article is making me go crazy. I fail to understand how can those perfectionists go through the ordeal of not creating anything for long or discarding everything they create in pursuit of perfection.

Yesterday I remembered something one of my mentors once said to me " Rachita - A start is perfection itself". She was concerned about the maddening pace I was working to achieve perfection in an assigned task. Of all the things I learnt from her , this was the best. Start because it means you are on the road to creation and would ultimately meet success or maybe even perfection. But wouldn't perfection be monotonous - you can't improve perfection or say what is a perfect creation for you should be perfect for everyone else??? Sounds confusing...let's unravel - God created this world - a perfect place to live with imperfect beings, us - this makes us all unique. Had we all been perfect , it would kill individuality in this world. So to be imperfect is to be individual. And I would rather be ME and unique than be perfect and a part of a monotonous race of human beings.

Each one of us is imperfect and together we complete the perfect puzzle called life. Perfection is a journey to enjoy life and not a destination for which you strive and struggle and make each moment of your life a waiting period. For that ultimate perfection you may be missing on the memorable moments of closeness with family, friends, nature, feelings, God and even yourself. So take mercy on yourself and strive to be YOU and you would find perfection in life . In terms of feelings and relations. For me perfection means up and downs of life - it's not boring , it  doesn't go through same machinations everyday, it has smiles and tears, love and fights, friends and foes. And above all it has creation in abundance.

So I say - Embrace the imperfection...and Enjoy the perfection of imperfection!

There are times I do not like what I write when I read it again and times when I get surprised that it was me who wrote it. But then this is my creation and maynot be perfect but this is ME.