What A Wonderful Day

8 Jul

“It doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful.”

It’s an anonymous quotation that showed up in a little book of quotes and sayings. It’s worth a second look.

People who demand perfection often live in a world of disappointment. And that’s because perfection is rarely found in friendships, families, spouses or one’s own self. How many kids have been driven to despair by parents who try to compensate for their own frailties by insisting that their child be perfect. There’s a powerful line in a Gregory Alan Isakov song that says: “If it weren’t for second chances, we’d all be alone.”

I hope your friends are perfect, your spouse is perfect, your apple pies, your memory, the state of your house, your children, that report you wrote, your golf game and your understanding of quantum physics are all perfect. If not, settle for wonderful.

Another song lyric comes to mind: “O Lord, it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way!” Willie Nelson? That person in your mirror: God thinks that person is wonderful. Perfect? Well…

Finally, treat other people today as if they are wonderful, because they are. Don’t demand perfection of them or yourself. It won’t work. “If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone…” (Romans 12:18) They are wonderful, and so are you.

One Response to “What A Wonderful Day”

  1. gz's avatar
    gz July 8, 2024 at 6:39 am #

    I woke up singing “I feel pretty, oh so pretty” but I accept “moderately homely.”

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