Catalina Ciucu

What I have found myself contemplating more and more about are the concepts of imperfection, balance, and honesty. Imperfection: As a general rule, majority sets the standards. Often these standards become the right path, the ideal path, the perfect path. Ironic enough, we have embraced the idea that perfection does not exist, yet we constantly and relentlessly seek it. What we often fail to realize is that many things in life are perfectly imperfect. Our choices, visions, passions, desires, experiences, thoughts, likes and dislikes can be perfectly imperfect. Imperfection maintains the balance of life and univers. Balance: It is my impression that we do not talk enough about balance. As humans we have an inner tendency to place ourselves in the extremes. We spend significant amount of time talking and thinking about happiness and sadness. Then we exhaust ourselves feeling them, ignoring that what actually benefits us is balance. Hard to maintain and probably impossible to keep uninterrupted, balance is a need towards which we should shift our focus. Honesty: I consider honesty the highest form or courage and a truly empowering quality. Strongly related to knowing ourselves and understanding our limitations, honesty is a powerful tool to navigate life. It can be burdensome to attain because it seems a frightening journey. But once becoming used to being honest, there is a rewarding feeling that balances fear with power. Honesty-Imperfection-Balance. These concepts may seem unrelated, but to me, they are connected. When being honest you are shielding yourself and have the power to be true to yourself, free to be who you are, even if imperfect. And precisely this is what equilibrates life and counterbalances the standards and stereotypes.