We're told time and time again that nobody's perfect, yet we expect perfection in so many people and things. In middle school, we make fun of the kid with zits. The skinny kid with glasses gets bullied in high school. The adults with the slimmer bank account gets shunned at the office party.
But today's lesson teaches me that expecting perfection only leads to disappointment. Imperfections, scars, blemishes make people unique. They make them real. And they make them human. Those scars indicate some kind of past challenges, and if a person can overcome challenges, that makes them stronger. If a person is lacking something, it makes the quest towards finding that something more enjoyable.
So maybe the lesson should be not to seek perfection but to find the value in imperfection not only in other people but also in ourselves.
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