It’s okay to not be perfect.
If God was most interested in perfection, He would not have made us to begin our lives as tiny, clumsy creatures who can’t do much. We have to be taught everything. We tumble and trip. We can’t even feed ourselves.
Life is one big process. We are not born perfect and we never become perfect. Don’t get me wrong, the pursuit of growth is great. But the expectation of perfection is not.
The weight of perfection wearies even the strongest shoulders, crushes the loftiest dreams, and drains even the most energetic people.
The weight of perfection is too big to carry. It will make you angry. It will make you harsh. It will make you bitter.
You have to be okay with things not being okay. If everything has to be perfect for you to enjoy something, you’ll never enjoy anything. If everyone has to be perfect for you to love them, you’ll never love anyone.
And just as needing perfection makes everything miserable, abandoning perfection makes everything more enjoyable. It frees us to actually enjoy things. It brings contentment and satisfaction, laughter and genuine experiences.
Everything doesn’t have to be the way you think it should be.
Everything doesn’t have to be perfect. Everyone doesn’t have to be perfect.
We’re all learning, we’re all growing, we’re all still tumbling and tripping.
Let go of perfection. Really, it’s okay, let go.
If you do, your hands will now be free to grasp lots of things you missed before.