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Adeline Dean Mar 2013
After all these years living on this planet, I'd thought I'd have learnt everything about people by now, but how wrong was I ? Very, it seems. I thought I could learn how to see people, how I can change to make people see a different side of me, I thought I could change myself to become "perfect" in someone else's eyes.

But then it hit me, what's the definition of "perfect" ?

For some people it's having the best looks, the million dollar life, the fast car, the huge house with a pool, a **** boyfriend or girlfriend. And then for others, it all about the personality. They want someone who is either funny, smart, caring, generous, honest. These are all lovely qualities to have in a person, and if you yourself have these qualities, I congratulate you.

Imagine a painting, or a drawing, that you really like. Do you look at the good aspects ? The bad aspects ? Or both?

And then for other people, it's a conjunction of these two aspects that they want. Some people want the entire package deal. The million dollar life, the fast car, the huge house with a pool, a **** boyfriend or girlfriend and someone who is either funny, smart, caring, generous, honest. This is what, from what I've seen, what most people want.

And then you have people like me. I want someone for who they are. And you can say that I'm being old fashioned or stupid, or cliche, but whatever. They don't have to have the million dollar lifestyle and the perfect personality, they just have to be real. And be honesty with yourselves. When you look at someone , what do you see?
Their looks? Their personality ? Or them ?

Everything happens for a reason.Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity. All occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small test, if they be events, illness or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.

If someone hurts you, betrayes you, or breaks your heart, forgive them. For they have helped you learn about trust, and the importance of being cautious to who you open your heart too.

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things that you would have never seen or felt without them.

Make everyday count. Appreciate every moment, and take from it everything you possiably can, for you may never be able to expiernce it again.

Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Hold your head up, because you have the right too. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself. For if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either.You can make of your life anything you wish, create your own life and then go out there and live it.

We were born to be real, not perfect. But then again ,you can look at it like this.
If you're true to yourself, and everyone around you, they'll see it. They'll see who you really are. And to me, that's perfect. Having people not knowing you for your looks or your personality , but you.

You. You're perfect.
Mohd Arshad Feb 2016
aqq
Your
Confidence
Is your friend.
A good friend never betrayes.
Bekezela May 2020
Judas betrayes Jesus
Me: "How could he do such a thing?"
Peter denies Jesus
Me: "Why would he do that?"
Thomas doubts
Me: "Where is his faith?"
Pharoah goes back on his word
Me:"Why is he this person?"

I judged Peter,
I judged Thomas,
I judged Pharaoh
And I judged Judas.

But then I realized I judged myself because all these men resembled a part of me,
A part that I also didn't want to be called upon.
I thought by facing the sun
And letting my shadow fall behind me,
I'd run away from that side of me.
But silly of me to think that my shadow disspaears in darkness,
To think that day doesn't come with night
And to think that everyone has the same mindset.

I realized that in life,
You will betray people.
Maybe not willingly, but you will let people down.
You won't always be honest and you will deny some things.
You will say one thing but do the other instead.
And you will doubt yourself or that you deserve goodness in your life.

As much as I adore and want to be like  Ruth, Mary, Paul and David,
I can't hide the fact that
Judas, Peter, Thomas and Pharoah are a part of the story too.
Even though they realized they hadn't done right,
It was too late.
Because by the time we were done reading about them,
We had already labeled them and said they weren't good enough.
We forgot to see that they were also humans and each of them had a role to play.
So when Judas realized what he had done was wrong,
We were still stuck on the chapter of him being a bad person.
And If not Judas it would have been anyone else.
So that was his story,
But I wonder what yours will be....

— The End —