No. 5: Nobody is Perfect!
Life Story: Shanti, a 40 years old narrated to her
spiritual guide about the imperfections of others. The guide had generously
allowed her to pour out all her bitter experiences. She kept on repeating the
imperfections of others each time she met her guide. One day, while sharing an
event, she happened to say, “partially that was my mistake too”. The guide
paused for a while and ironically said, “so you can make mistake! This is the first
time I heard it from you.” She immediately replied, “of course, I can. I am a
human being. I have so many imperfections.” The guide immediately encouraged
her to share some of her imperfections in life. She began to share another side
of her life, which she never shared with her guide. From that day onwards,
changes began to take place in the life of Shanti. She found the inner peace
that she was desperately looking for.
Perfection is a virtue. From the religious teachings
to the social teachings, we find everywhere an earnest appeal to remain perfect.
It is also a desire of many, who want to be perfect in order to be happy. But humanly
speaking, it is not always possible to remain perfect. We make mistakes. We commit
sins. We fall into temptations. We find some elements of imperfections in the
lives of many great personalities. Sadly, we find some people find extremely
difficult to accept their imperfections. They want to remain perfect!
Pope Francis once said, “there is no perfect family, no
perfect father, no perfect mother and no perfect children. We are all imperfect.
When we accept others imperfections, we accept our imperfections. Similarly,
when we accept our imperfections, we accept others imperfections too. And in
this process, we make our life a happy life.
So, let’s make a decision to accept our imperfect
self. It will make a huge difference in
life...
