PERFECTION ISN’T YOU BUT ITS IN YOU — PART 2

Hello there! I know that this one has been a long time coming for ya! (Is this an effect of writing while singing Senorita in your head😉). So, I would like to start by apologizing for the delay.

In the first part of this article, I’d written about being yourself, effortlessly so. But the truth is, nothing in any of our lives can be done effortlessly, can it? So, the real question is — If I have to put in efforts, would I rather put them in being who I am or in being who I want to be? Now, if you think both of these are the same, please think again!

Whenever someone says something bad to me or about me, my first instinct is to say or do something much worse. When I hear something about someone, I immediately start judging that person and feel like gossiping. (I am a horrible person, aren’t I?😔) Of course, I have the excuse of saying that ‘ I’m only human’ (which by the way, according to Bella Swan was the most miserable defense she had ever heard. And I agree with her😀) or ‘that’s just who I am’ but is that who I want to be? No. I want to be someone forgiving and kind, someone who always takes the high road, someone who chooses love over hate and compassion over judgement. And no, it is not easy. 9 out of 10 times I fail, fail spectacularly. But the 10% of times that I succeed? I don’t think there’s a way to describe the pride I feel during those times.😇

To become the person who I want to be, I have to defy the very nature of who I am. Is it right for me to do that? According to me, yes. You can say that it makes me a different person, but I think it just makes me a better version of myself. And maybe I can even say that trying changing myself is a part of who I am.😉

People say you should accept your flaws and I understand that. But aren’t we supposed to work on them once we’ve accepted them?

People say you were born to be yourself, not to be perfect. But to be honest, if its not ‘Perfection’ then I don’t know what I’m supposed to aim for. So perfect is what I’ll always try to be. That is what the title meant, incase you were wondering.😅 Perfection isn’t you means we are all far from perfect and we have to change ourselves to try to become perfect. But its in you and you will find your very own definition of perfection in yourself if you are ready to look just a little bit harder in your character and work just a little bit harder on your character. Overcome the clouds of your flaws, and you will find the rainbow of perfection😇

There’s a very beautiful book that I recently read and there was one line in it that really stuck with me-

“It doesn’t matter what you think of your character, it only matters what you do with it.”

Now I’ve decided that it is okay for me to think of or even know myself to be all the horrible things that I am, but they are not who I have to be. I won’t deny that I do it for others to like me but knowing that I am likeable makes me like myself and who wouldn’t like that ? 😁

That’s all for now…

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Thank you so much for reading!😊