It was a bright Sunday morning. The fragrant aroma of filter
coffee percolated the entire room. As I served my husband his cup, my eyes were
all on him, just waiting to see his first reaction. Before I could sip mine I
was already waiting for a compliment. As I was about to sip mine, I heard him
say “hey, what happened, the sugar seems too abnormal” and that was the most
unpleasant comment, I was not prepared to take it.
Ready for my counter I replied “is that so, taking in
another sip from mine, it was just perfect for me”
I felt glad as I buried myself in the headlines of the
newspaper. An uncanny headlines caught my attention. "12 year old boy ran away
from home". My heart raced as I scanned
for further details.
It was one of those cases where the parent is found
hyperactive! Increase in pressure to perform in various classes and obsession
to high marks and grades had made the boy elope.
As a parent we always crave for perfection with our children.
But if we do a bit of self-assessment, dig deep into one self we would find a
lot of procrastination and indiscipline
- How many times a week would we have snoozed the alarm knowing we would be late, but we fail to accept when our little one asks for five minutes extra during playtime because we love perfection!
- There were times when our own favorite food sounded boring and dull and craved for something new, but do we accept it when our little one puts in a stubborn foot to his/her all-time favorite?
- That moment when boss cancels our vacation due to a significant meeting at office sounds ridiculous but it seems definitely OK when we break our promises with our little one
- The time when we quit our gym sessions to have an extra dose of sleep is perfect but when our little one skips a music session seems a great taboo.
It is obviously one of the fore most duty of a parent to
discipline the child. But let it happen with fun. Mistakes do happen and let it
happen. Letting things go off once in a while is OK after all we are not
programmed Robots.
It is important to have plan. A plan helps you to work
better, but if any new thing happens let it flow and enjoy the flow.
A simple morning coffee can be just perfect for one and totally
flavorless for other. Perfection is very subjective, let’s not wear our power
glasses to view others
.
As I enjoy my imperfect life perfectly, do share yours!
Wow. That's a very thoughtful and deep post. Yeah, perfection is subjective. Perfection has different meanings for different people.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written. 😃
Thank you Ramya
ReplyDeleteI am all about imperfection. I think my blog name is a giveaway! I also recently tattooed the phrase 'Perfectly Imperfect' on myself. Life is imperfect as are we all. Yet, accepting and loving those imperfections is what makes life perfect
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