People living in one day at a time recovery do not have perfect lives. The bonus is that we know our lives will never be perfect. Never was and never will. Dr. Brene Brown has helped to understand imperfection has its gifts. When we understand this, we understand the reality of life. We also understand how our perspectives can change from day to day. The reality of life is our perspectives can change from moment to moment. Those of us who understand the benefits of reality checks understand this. When we can accept that life is not perfect, that we are not perfect, and that other people are not perfect, we can give life, others, and most importantly ourselves a break. Some people call this giving grace. Some people call giving grace – kindness, forgiveness, and empathy. These lead to gratitude and happiness. When we learn to accept imperfection, we also get to learn the gifts of imperfection – kindness, forgiveness, and empathy. Realistically we can struggle with these concepts, and we are not alone in doing so. As such we see we are not perfect, and we give ourselves a break. Then perhaps life. And in the reality of imperfection, we give others a break. Kindness, forgiveness, and empathy. When we share it we understand, and when we don’t share it perfectly, we understand. What we learn is we can go with the flow, and we have a bit more freedom. We become grateful and we understand the reality of grace is a natural law of life, and that peace is available to all of us in our imperfections. Once again, we are not alone. Many of us feel the same. It’s our reality.
