Imperfection Is Unavoidable, and That’s Okay—Oct. 6

October 6, 2024

Sunday SAGe Newsletter Volume 3: Imperfection Is Unavoidable, and That’s Okay

Happy Sunday!

Here is this week’s installment of Sunday SAGe, an email communication that shares wellness inspiration from The Wellness Ethic to help people thrive. As background, SAGe is an acronym for Self-Actualized Genius. To learn more about being a SAGe, you can access my blog article: On Being a Self-Actualized Genius (SAGe).

Imperfection Is Unavoidable, and That’s Okay

An excerpt from The Wellness Ethic:

As you live your life, expect imperfection. In fact, if you don’t experience your fair share of false starts, stumbles, setbacks, goofs, embarrassments, curveballs, temptations, annoyances, do-overs, or even the occasional epic disaster, then you’ve accomplished something no one else has ever achieved. It’s also thrilling news. It means you’re immortal! If that’s the case, invite your divine buddies over, tap the nectar keg, and let the festivities begin!

For the rest of us non-deities, imperfection is a familiar companion. How imperfection impacts you is more often the result of how you respond to it than the imperfection itself (ask a politician). When life challenges you, do you summon the wisdom and optimism of your Self-Actualized Genius and intentionally respond to your circumstances, based on what you control, to take your life in a positive direction? Or do you impulsively react in an emotionally charged way that undermines your interests and digs the hole deeper?

What It Means

A reality of human existence is that good and bad things happen to all of us. No one escapes that variability. Sometimes, we experience a streak of good fortune, and it’s wonderful. Savor those times. However, something unfavorable will cross your path eventually. It’s not personal when it happens. You may have been the cause of it, or it could have been out of your control. But it will happen. That’s life.

When the imperfect knocks at your door, you have a choice to make: You can respond in a positive way that moves your life forward or impulsively react and let the situation’s negative energy drive your actions. When you choose a positive response to life, you put yourself in position to achieve better outcomes. You become happier and more fulfilled.

Your Call to Action

Identify the imperfect that is present in your life today and be mindful when it occurs throughout the week. Then, be intentional with how you respond: Nurture a healthy perspective that accepts the imperfect nature of human existence. Take action that infuses positive energy into your life and moves you forward.

Be bold and create love in the universe, no matter what crosses your path.

Have an outstanding week!