Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

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In Portuguese, the imperfect indicative, called "pretérito imperfeito", is quite similar to Spanish:

In a few words, one could say that wabi sabi is the beauty of imperfect things. Of course, that would be overly simplistic explanation for such a deep and profoundly rooted notion in the Japanese spirit. Something between an artistic concept, a philosophy of life and a personal feeling, wabi sabi is everywhere in Japanese culture. The imperfect forms of esse are used as auxiliary verbs in the pluperfect of the passive voice along with perfect passive participles.Instead, the Shogun had his own artisans resolve the situation by finding a method to make something beautiful from the broken, damaged object, but without disguising the damage. And so, kintsugi came to be. Finding the beauty in imperfection We invite you to take a minute and remember things that are actually perfect, not in the sense that they are flawless, but because there is little not to like about them. Or because current or possible deficiencies of these perfectly imperfect things don't diminish their general positive impact.

Short infinitives ending in „-a” (1st conjugation) don't double this letter: e.g. "pleca” in the first person singular is "plec am" and not "plec aam"). A #1 internationally bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about learning to love ourselves, with all our imperfections, by the Buddhist author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down. As a sensitivity that can therefore lead to happiness, or to an acceptance of the beauty of simple and natural things, wabi sabi philosophy is applicable every day. It is a daily way to experience little joys. When admiring a landscape, an object, or a painting, during a conversation with friends or when sharing a moment with a good company, everyone can feel the notion of wabi sabi. upvotes Follow Unfollow 7 months ago Dots Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 upvotes Follow Unfollow 7 months ago (edited) Dots Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imperfect meanings in English are expressed in different ways depending on whether the event is continuous or habitual. The word ‘imperfect’ actually spells ‘I’m perfect’ because everyone is perfect in their own imperfect ways.” – Anonymous The Buddha, somewhat rebelliously, declared that, instead of a god or guru, the starting point of our path to awakening is our very own imperfections. I’m so happy to see Haemin Sunim giving fresh voice to practices that help us befriend ourselves, so that we can become our own best caregivers.”— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, author of Emotional Rescue and Rebel Buddha