“I have never bowled a perfect spell” Said Glenn McGrath, one of the greatest fast bowlers of all times. “The closest I came to perfection was the game against New Zealand in which I bowled almost all the balls in the same exact area I wanted to!” he added.
If you ask Michael Atherton, he would always say that Glenn McGrath is the perfect bowler he had ever faced, but Glenn swears that he had never bowled a perfect spell to Michael.
So, why do humans chase perfection? For some, it gives enormous satisfaction and are ready to put in huge amount of work day and night to reach there.
But, the truth is none of them reaches absolute perfection all the time. Even Sachin Tendulkar, the highest run scorer and the man with most number of ODI hundreds by far, has loads of ducks in ODI cricket!
Even the planet earth is not perfect. It was almost a second late, last year, in going around the sun, and that is its only job all year!
Look at your wrist watch. It wouldn’t show perfect time at any given time. It would atleast be fast or slow by a few milli seconds. But, you still wear it. A watch that is not functioning shows perfect time, to the millionth of a second, twice a day. Have you ever considered wearing a wrist watch that is not running? Why would you prefer a wrist watch that is imperfect all the time while you have one that is perfectly perfect twice a day? The answer is simple. We don’t need perfection. It is okay, to be a little imperfect, all the time.
Just be who you are and never chase perfection, for the sake of chasing it. You are still loved by people for being who you are.
Life is simple!
8 comments:
Very well said ... Imperfection is what makes life seem close to perfect :)
Perfect post! :) Especially the line about earth bein one whole second behind schedule :D Really well written :)
I guess its these imperfections in us that make us stand apart, and maybe that others like in us :) Still dont buy the 'stand-still-and-imperfections-galore' theory though -- fighting for perfection is what keeps people goin na :)
nice post!!!
but this is no excuse for wrong spelling ;)
Gops!A perfect Imperfect Blog!
Perfectionists are always Pessimists da...
yeah.. perfections are those things which make life worth living!!!
Could not agree with this more...Absolute truth...and a simple way of looking at life...well written gopal.. :)
Nice post dude...read long back but commenting now :-)waiting for more posts that have cricketing connotation :-)
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