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IMPERFECTION
<p>Months ago, I began to realize what imperfection truly is the beauty it carries and the lightness that comes with accepting and understanding it. When we embrace imperfection, we begin to grow through it and take things one step at a time, even when we are not ready.</p><p><br/></p><p>I realized that if we wait to make the perfect decision, take the perfect measures, or wait for the perfect moment, we may never progress. We may spend our lives chasing a reality that does not exist.</p><p><br/></p><p>The goal changed from getting everything ready to simply getting it done without everything. Because the truth is, everything will not always be available.</p><p><br/></p><p>I learned this lesson during a conference I attended. I read, researched, prepared my papers, and tried to make everything perfect. Yet, in the middle of all that preparation, my phone got damaged and my laptop crashed on the very morning the conference began. My worst nightmare had happened.</p><p><br/></p><p>I felt unprepared. My heart raced, fear crept in, and I convinced myself that I could not possibly perform without my devices. But despite the chaos, I showed up anyway.</p><p><br/></p><p>My perfect plan had fallen apart, but I chose to embrace the imperfection. To my surprise, people complimented me on how composed, articulate, and intellectual I seemed. If only they knew how cooked I was before the conference.</p><p><br/></p><p>To cut a long story short, I left the conference with three awards.</p><p><br/></p><p>That experience taught me something important: growth does not happen when everything goes according to plan. It happens when we continue moving forward after the plan falls apart.</p><p><br/></p><p>To grow, we must take that jagged step, walk through the darkness, pick up the pieces, and mend them together broken, yet still useful.</p><p><br/></p><p>This piece was not written to be perfect. It was written to be raw and to feel like me. Maybe for the first time in a long time, something truly reflects my thoughts, reveals my flaws, and embraces my growth.</p><p><br/></p><p>This is not a journey I choose to take alone, so stick around and discover the beauty in your own imperfection.</p>
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