Today has been a ridiculously long day. It's been full of smiles and tears, hellos and goodbyes and miles and miles of driving. There are so many thousands of things that I could write about my experience today driving through and changing in the world...but the only one I want to write is my greatest thought and epiphany of the evening.
I'm sure that a lot of people have discovered this thought already as I am positive my personal revelations are not new. I often wonder if one can, truly, have an original thought--or if all the good ones or any worth having have already been acknowledged somewhere else, some time else, by someone else. To whomever first thought this one and sent its rays out into the universe, thank you. You are, without a doubt, correct in my mind.
Today, I realized that demanding perfection of others does not make them perfect, or even desiring them to be so. Demanding perfection in others only makes them seek to hide their imperfections from you, so as to still win your love under false pretenses and facades that crumble with poor maintenance.
I know, it's a "duh" statement. Tonight, however, it hit me with a clarity that it hasn't before. To an extent, my self love and what I view as general acceptance of other viewpoints, has been a measure of this statement...but tonight it feels personal. Tonight I believe it.
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