Monday Motivation Minute – The Imperfect Beauty of Nature

Once you see it, it is nearly impossible to not be taken in by its beauty! This 277-mile scar in the high desert cut by the Colorado River is marveled at by millions of people every year.

But a 6-inch scar across my face cut by a car windshield that was shattered in an accident is gawked at by beachgoers as I sit enjoying a peace the ocean brings.

A tree defiantly standing after being struck by the intense flash of a lightning strike will stand strong for the world to see.

But I hide my arms under long sleeves so the world will not see the scald marks left by a stern parent who taught me a lesson.

People will marvel at a tree that had to adapt to grow while under the constant pressure of wind blowing across the meadow.

But when I find ways to adapt to the constant pressure to be someone I’m not, people mock my withdrawn and reclusive life.

Peace comes in nature where I can be who I want, bare my body, and share my scars without the worry of judgment. Mother Nature accepts our imperfections as human just as we accept hers.

There is beauty in our imperfections, so be sure you take the time to understand those and appreciate who each of us has become.

-Shay

Be the one who cares because there is no guarantee that anyone else will.