Recently I heard from one of my friend that his friend just got married to one of the most beautiful girl he had ever seen and someone who looked like ugly urchin was now looking dapper in that wedding suit. He unconsciously had repeated this at least three times and the moment it was done for the fourth, I told him,” Dude, it is time for you to get married”. He retorted,” I am looking for some perfect girl for me but it is high time for you as well”. I calmly said,“ For me, it is actually Mt. Everest time, if you want to stick to the comparatives but I don’t care as yet and I am still in “vow mode” with myself”.

He asked me what’s that, I explained, “ I am the work in progress”. In making this statement I purely believed in the quote, “If you cannot convince someone, confuse him”. I can assure you he was utterly confused as he did not ask the next question because that would have put a question mark on his intelligence. But to just admit, I myself do not know what I meant by that. But that was the perfect answer for saving me.

I have often heard from people that they are in the lookout for the perfect match. “ How Perfect?”, I often wonder. Today we have reached to a situation where everyone believes they are perfect but still the next person – he/she may be our friend, our life partner, our family members, or any person we work with is the most imperfect or slightly imperfect or grossly imperfect.
I overheard that Imperfection and Perfection can fight. So what happens when Imperfect and Perfect had this argumentative conversation.
Imperfect declared to Perfect,” I- M-PERFECT” rather in a challenging and audacious tone. Perfect snapped back, “ PERFECT”. Imperfect said thanks to Perfect. Perfect looked confused, why this thanks. Imperfect said, “I am saying this because you just acknowledged, I am perfect’. Perfect was annoyed, “ I said perfect because I am perfect, If I had said ,” I am Perfect”, it would have sounded I-M-PERFECT”. Amazingly even perfect person would doubt his perfection if he/she comes face to face with Imperfect Hypocrite person.

There was a married couple, who were always fighting over trivial issues and the husband always tried to assert that he was always right, wife had it enough. So one day again the same quarrel erupted like volcano at their home, the husband shouted, “ I am always right as I always make perfect decisions, you are always wrong”. Wife was done, her anger may have been at zenith which could have touched moon but she had an intriguing smile on her face and said, “ yes, you are always right”. The husband was not at all prepared as he was getting ready mentally to rubbish the next statement coming from his wife. The wife continued with bowling a googly over to him,” You are right – that is why you married me , I am wrong the proof is that I married you, I completely agree with you”. The husband was still processing this in his mind but he already knew that he had been killed with his own gun.

One person can perfect the perfection but another person can still find fault with it.

Before searching for the perfect friends, perfect life partners, perfect people to surround ourselves with,let us perfect ourselves.

Seriously , I have taken this advice for perfection to my heart and I am still perfecting and it seems never ending and infinite :)Now I understand what it meant when I said, ” I am the work in progress”.

Have a Perfect Fun Filled Sunday!

©Rekha 