thoughts on the news of the day: perfection

hmmm…..

            I can identify with a 16 stroke par 4 hole.  What that means in golf is that it took 16 hits at the ball to get it into that tiny cup, when it should have taken just 4.

            Kevin Na knows about that, too.  His further humiliation comes from the fact that his blunders were at a recent PGA Golf Tour event and all of the world saw them. In a terrible stroke of bad luck and frustration, Na rustled through briars and brambles hoping to make a connection with the ball that would put it on the green but it took 16 agonizing times of hitting the ball to make that happen.

            We all know what its like to go through those embarrassing and humiliating experiences when we keep trying, but can’t seem to get it right.  Passing a driver’s test comes to mind; trying to get a noisy baby or dog to settle down does too.  But we muddle on ahead, hoping that the embarrassment will end soon.  The funny thing is that the people around us don’t snarl in dismay.  They seem to identify and find our own struggles much like theirs.   “But for the grace of God, go I” we think.  It happens to the best of us.  We love and admire the humanness and imperfection in others because it is so much like our own. I am grateful today that you are not perfect, and that I don’t have to be.

            hmmm…..