“In nature everything looks so imperfect and unscaled, but the formation
is so beautiful”
- Bhavesh Chhatbar
“Beautiful
isn’t perfect” is as true of a statement as “there
is beauty in imperfection.”
Perfection is a concept, not a reality. It reflects
things the way we want them to be, and as we deem them to be, making the
concept relative to one personal definition of what’s perfect (therefore, not a
set universal science we can all base and define perfection on). Beauty
comparatively reflects things as they are, and because beauty is in the eye of
the beholder, it can be imperfectly beautiful. Accepting imperfection as beauty
allows the true beauty to shine inside out…
Beauty
is not perfect…
Life
is not without suffering…
And a
piece of writing isn’t flawless…
How can we appreciate anything good if we
don’t know what bad is?
How can we appreciate anything positive if
on the road to achieving it, we don’t cross paths with negative?
Seeking the ephemeral that is perfection,
overshadows the beauty of life that surrounds us; in all its complexity, in all
its bumps and cracks, and in all its diversity…
Life is beautiful because we breathe, we
feel, we love, and we hurt; beautiful because we exist…because we ARE. Despite
the fact that beautiful isn’t perfect,
all that is perfectly imperfect
around us makes beauty.
Breathe… No pressure… Enjoy your
imperfections, and your quirkiness. Be original, don’t conform, and let your
inner self be the image of you. You might be judge as “odd”, but your beauty
will be defined by your genuine, unaltered uniqueness…
Have you heard of Wabi Sabi?
“Wabi-Sabi
is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature,
of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It's simple, slow,
and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all. It celebrates cracks and
crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave
behind.
Wabi
the “humble” alongside Sabi "the beauty of the natural progression of
time” is the art and practice of honouring the imperfect. To its bare
essence it means to leave behind the pursuit of perfection while bringing
appreciation to the simple, unaffected beauty of things as they are.”
When we are “Wabi Sabi”, we are simply
beautiful because we exist.
So to embrace a beautiful life where
perfection is outshined by the beauty of the flawed, blemished and inconsistent,
is to come to terms that life is not a given fairy tale. There are no illusions
or delusions. There are simply facts, bumpy surfaces, and true reflections.
To enjoying being beautifully imperfect,
RosieSandz
