Flaws
I am a flawed human. Not just that I have flaws but I am flawed. I sometimes say that God made me from spare parts left over from making other "better" people. It's been something that's been weighing heavy on me lately. Lots of thoughts like "I'm not good enough" or "I don't really matter" and "I'm not special and easily replaceable." The truth is we are all broken and flawed in our own ways. Sometimes our flaws are small and only we notice them, some are big. Some we keep buried deep and we don't share them with anyone, not even those who are closest to our hearts. It's not for lack of trust but because some of these flaws hurt us and we just want to pretend they don't exists.
It's taken me a very, very long time to see these flaws in a positive way. It's still hard at times, but they are positive. I like to create things. A lot of the time things I create are made from left over spare parts from a different project. It doesn't really matter if the other thing was "better" or not because it's different, it's not the same, it can't be compared.
It's the same with our flaws. What we see in the mirror is not what others see. They don't notice that our eye lids are different or we have small scares or our ears are different. When I look in the mirror I can point out every scare and imperfection, some scares aren't even visible from the surface so no one would know about them unless I said somethings. Why should I worry about how some judge me, let alone judge me for something they can't even see?
The devil is in the details. We often use this saying when we miss something small and make a mistake. My eighth grade teacher used to say this all the time when we would miss a comma or something small like that. One thing we forget is the beauty is in the details too. You can make two pieces of art work that are seemingly identical but what you will see that others might not is you will still have little differences, little imperfections, little flaws. Those little flaws make the work completely unique and special. Beyond the physical differences we can see there's the meaning and thought that go into each piece. They will have different meanings to us personally.
These flaws are part of us. Just like our experiences, both good and bad, our "flaws" have helped to form us into the person we are today. That person is unique, special, and beautiful. Yes, despite what you might see in the mirror or what you might think at times you are a beautiful person and you are exactly the person you are meant to be at this point in time. You will keep moving forward, and working with your strengths and flaws.
Now I'm not saying you should stop improving yourself, not at all. No one should ever stop working on themselves. Whether you want to get more physically fit, get better at a sport, be a better musician, or be more at peace you should keep moving towards that goal. What I am saying is that what you might think is a flaw isn't something holding you back, it's part of the person you are and that person might be just the example the world needs at this exact moment in time.
Life is hard, you get built up and broken down and sometimes it's hard to see the light through our own flaws but you will get through it. Your flaws are part of the person that is someone's friend, someone's family. I'm learning to embrace and accept my flaws and not let them hold me back but be part of my story. My flaws won't take away from my life, they will be part of the whole picture.
It's taken me a very, very long time to see these flaws in a positive way. It's still hard at times, but they are positive. I like to create things. A lot of the time things I create are made from left over spare parts from a different project. It doesn't really matter if the other thing was "better" or not because it's different, it's not the same, it can't be compared.
It's the same with our flaws. What we see in the mirror is not what others see. They don't notice that our eye lids are different or we have small scares or our ears are different. When I look in the mirror I can point out every scare and imperfection, some scares aren't even visible from the surface so no one would know about them unless I said somethings. Why should I worry about how some judge me, let alone judge me for something they can't even see?
The devil is in the details. We often use this saying when we miss something small and make a mistake. My eighth grade teacher used to say this all the time when we would miss a comma or something small like that. One thing we forget is the beauty is in the details too. You can make two pieces of art work that are seemingly identical but what you will see that others might not is you will still have little differences, little imperfections, little flaws. Those little flaws make the work completely unique and special. Beyond the physical differences we can see there's the meaning and thought that go into each piece. They will have different meanings to us personally.
These flaws are part of us. Just like our experiences, both good and bad, our "flaws" have helped to form us into the person we are today. That person is unique, special, and beautiful. Yes, despite what you might see in the mirror or what you might think at times you are a beautiful person and you are exactly the person you are meant to be at this point in time. You will keep moving forward, and working with your strengths and flaws.
Now I'm not saying you should stop improving yourself, not at all. No one should ever stop working on themselves. Whether you want to get more physically fit, get better at a sport, be a better musician, or be more at peace you should keep moving towards that goal. What I am saying is that what you might think is a flaw isn't something holding you back, it's part of the person you are and that person might be just the example the world needs at this exact moment in time.
Life is hard, you get built up and broken down and sometimes it's hard to see the light through our own flaws but you will get through it. Your flaws are part of the person that is someone's friend, someone's family. I'm learning to embrace and accept my flaws and not let them hold me back but be part of my story. My flaws won't take away from my life, they will be part of the whole picture.
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