Perfect

As I was driving today, I heard Pink's song, Perfect (the edited version!). The chorus goes something like this:

Pretty, pretty please

don't you ever, ever feel

like you're less than

less than perfect

pretty, pretty please

if you ever, ever feel

like you're nothing

you're perfect to me.

I was bugged. (If you don't know me well enough, know that I get overly bothered by lyrics of songs...). I've got a question for ya:

What's so bad about being IMperfect?

I went through a life stage where I was all, you know what, I'm gonna be the sarcastic, cynical person that I am and I don't care who thinks I'm a terrible person for it, because that's just who I am!

Well, guess what, old me? That may be who you are, but that's not who you COULD be! You could be a lovely and happy and positive person! And that will make you closer to perfect! But it certainly will not make you perfect...

Because the only perfect person that did and has and will ever exist is the Savior, Jesus Christ. His perfection redeemed my imperfection. His absolutely perfect life allowed Him to be the Savior and Redeemer, and to offer that saving grace to me. And it is such a disservice to Him for any of us to ever claim that we are perfect just the way we are.

We are not perfect. And there's beauty in that. There's so much hope in the prospect of change. We're all our own worst critic, and every time we find something wrong inside, we get to fix it! How amazing and beautiful is that?!

So, my friends, you are imperfect. And I love you as imperfect. And I hope you DO change!

I Could Have a Kick-A Blog...

So, I follow a good deal of blogs.

Not an unmanageable amount. Just enough to have something new to read regularly.

And I often get so jealous of the lives that these beautiful and in-love women live.

But I realized something today.

I could have a really kick-ass blog!

I live a pretty magical life.

I just got home from Coachella

(Look, see!):

I leave for Austin in five and a half days.

I have an incredible and loud and hilarious family.

I have been on ridiculous dates.

I am a career woman.

I love to cook delicious foods.

I'm a fan of beautiful things: fashion, art, and music.

I have lived so many of my dreams.

And I'm still learning and growing and discovering every day.

These things I've listed are all the things I'm jealous of in other people.

So, then... what do I not have that all these bloggers have?

The drive to blog every day.

A fancy camera and photo-editing skillz.

A super hilarious way of writing.

(And a husband... but let's ignore that for now).

I think I'm okay without these things.

Well, I'm too lazy to obtain these things. So I'd better be okay without them.

I'm happy with my current blog. I hope you like it, too!

And thank you to my beautiful friends who read this blog.

Even though it's not very kick-a.

Update: A re-read of this makes me worry that I'm coming off as a braggart, or condescending, or over-compensating.

I'm not trying to do any of these things.

I just have to remind myself sometimes that just because I don't have an awesome online life, doesn't mean I don't have an awesome life.

I'm so blessed, and I don't have a right to be jealous of others!

That is all.