Flawed Stars

“If love is in the heart of the beholder, they are going to be one hell of a beholder.” – Me (Looted and shamelessly edited. :P)

We are all fundamentally flawed human beings. We might be differently flawed from one another though, but we are all flawed nonetheless. Not a great start to an article, innit?

Beyond all the flaws, we still manage to find beauty. Sometimes in our own existence, at times within ourselves, at times it is in another person, and at other times in the happenings of nature. We humans are innately born with this tendency to look for the aesthetically beautiful. For someone the definition of “the aesthetically beautiful” might be an architectural masterpiece and for someone else it might be heartfelt writing. But, we all eventually find something that soothes our heart and soul. We may not even be skilled enough to perform the same activity by ourselves, but we appreciate the art, we appreciate the person with the ability and we watch them perform in awe.

We humans always crave for things that saturate our heart’s desires and I think that innate ability is beautiful. I crave to find humans in whom this ability is truly apparent and they function, and make life decisions based on the same. In my opinion these people are truly some of the best in the human race. I can see their eyes light up when they talk about these passionate pursuits of theirs, I can feel the warmth of the love burning gently in the depth of their hearts, I can hear and absolutely cherish the choice of words that they opt to use while describing the moments that touched their soul. I think that is the essence of being human in itself. To feel so deeply is a gift that is quite rare.

I know there are so many of you who would be thinking, “Well it could be used to exploit one as well.” Well, I understand that and I’d love for there to be no ego within the universe for that is the root cause for all negative thoughts. Unfortunately, it exists and we have to co-exist accepting the fact that it is the gravedigger that is digging the holes of imperfections within us.

We can let go of these emotions if we truly are honest with ourselves and be the person that we say that we are. Accepting our little flaws wholeheartedly gifts us the ability to be honest with ourselves and lets our truth flow from within and into the world. And to get to the part of accepting ourselves completely, we’ve got to be conscious of the little details of ourselves. We’ve got to understand the things that get us out of our state of peace and converse the same truthfully to ourselves or others, whoever might be the source of it.

The best form of being true to ourselves is when we do not feel the need to lie to ourselves or others and when we can be honest about our feelings and desires. We will never feel the need to please everyone and we will naturally be respectful to the existence of others.

I honestly feel so relieved about myself and the present of my life like I just met a group of my native people in a far off unknown land. I know I have my flaws, I know I am awkward at times, I know my words can be misinterpreted at times, and I know I might hurt the people I love knowingly or unknowingly at any point of time. But, I also know I would be the first one to take responsibility and apologize as soon as I realize my mistake. I love that I am open to criticism and not mindlessly defensive about my perspectives that might fall short of the progressiveness of others. I’m happily flawed because I can still find beauty in the universe beyond all its imperfections.

Yes, I do believe the universe has its imperfections as well. Well, even if there is a god, they are probably imperfect as well or maybe I am falling short of the progressiveness of your thoughts if your thoughts differ from mine. Anyway, I believe that acceptance of oneself is the key to finding and holding peace, honestly progressing in a positive front in all facets of life, and making and maintaining good relationships with wonderful people. It is okay to have flaws and make mistakes even when we are conscious. The idea is to be progressive enough to accept it, to understand the depth of it, and to avoid committing the same mistake going further.

We are all imperfect human beings seeking for meaning in the lost stars of the midnight sky.

Maybe a few thousand light-years away in the future, a group of stars are sitting around chatting and looking at us minuscule humans and grouping us into shapes. I’m sure we all shine bright enough to give each other hope.

Be kind, be accepting, be forgiving and be all that to yourself first.

Love and let love.