“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one’s love upon other human individuals.”

George Orwell, In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950

Looking for perfection is as pointless as it is insane.

Think of kintsugi – the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by filling the cracks with gold.
The philosophy of kintusgi teaches us to embrace imperfection and accept change. 

Knowing that we are imperfect helps us accept our weaknesses as something precious, rather than something that needs to be fixed. Some of the best writers of all time, like Dostoyevsky and Balzac, pointed out human flaws in their books, rather than create an unreal image of perfect humanity.

They revealed to us all the vices and weak points a person can have – envy, jealousy, or vanity, and how these imperfections have always been an inseparable part of humanity.

Bad writers, on the contrary, prefer sticking to false promises of eternal happiness and wholesomeness.

With your flaws,
There is no hurry.
Do not try to correct them. 
What would you put instead?

– Henri Michaux

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