The One

Perfection is a highly overrated quality that most of us are trying to achieve in our lives, don't you think? I was just pondering the many ways we try to acquire perfection and the risks that we will take in getting to that desired goal. How many of you reading this are on or have been on a diet? If you are a woman, then you most definitely say YES! When have we not been on a diet would be the better question. It is so sad to think that our society judges a person's worthiness on whether or not they fit into that size 4 dress, or if they have abs of steel. Third world countries are dying from starvation because they do not have enough food to eat, while we have enough to eat, and want to starve ourselves. How crazy is that? Why is it that we will not love a person because they are different in some way that does not meet the approval of society? I have many friends who have passed over wonderful mates because there was something "wrong" with the person they were dating. . .wrong hair color, too small, too big, big feet, annoying laugh. . .Do you know someone like that? Countless times I have told my friends that there will always be some sort of annoying quality that will absolutely drive you nuts with your mate. No one is going to be perfect. The task at hand is to ask yourself "Can I live with the good and the bad?" If the answer is no, then you must move on. A wise woman once said that you can not change your mate. . .no, that was not me! It was Oprah! It's true. If I had a penny for every time I have had to ask my spouse to pick up his clothes or get off of the computer, I would be a millionaire! However, I have learned to live around those annoying habits and deal with it. For the most part :-) What I am trying to say is that we all have some kind of baggage that we haul around with us. Decide what you want and then go for it. Remember that no one is perfect