Those of us who have been living in recovery understand the reality of imperfection. What we often perceive as imperfection actually is the defects in living beings, the flaws in the natural world and the troubles or the mishaps of fate. In other words – people, places and things that upset us. This is the reality of living as an imperfect human being in a flawed world with what we see as living with the troubles or the mishaps of fate. Some of us pine for an event that would grant us mastery over such ill-fitted imperfection. The reality of recovery tells us to accept what we cannot change and perhaps we then give up the desire and the need to be in control. Perhaps our desire should be to be granted the ability to overcome ourselves and to learn plain old acceptance of what we cannot change while also hoping for the wisdom to know the difference. Maybe a twist of humility and a sprinkle of gratitude will help us to navigate this reality. We will even understand that imperfection isn’t always defects, flaws or what we perceive as the troubles or the mishaps of life. Imperfection is the people, places and things that we love. The good and the bad. We often call it a gift. It is our reality and we know reality isn’t always perfect. Life is mostly good enough, sometimes worse and often better. One day at a time recovery reveals this to us. Welcome to the reality of freedom. Peace.
