Raise your hand right now if you are PERFECT!
Come on, don’t be shy. If you’ve never made a mistake! Keep that hand up. Never done something so dumb… Never hurt another person! Keep your hand high!
Is your hand up? Hopefully not, because none. of. us. are. perfect.
I would imagine you are as painfully aware as I am of this truth.
Isn’t it hilarious how we spend so much time trying to convince people around us of how good we are? Either how “good” our character is, or how “good” our bank account is, or how “good” our kids are! It’s hilarious!
For example, I tell people all the time how my kids are so “well-behaved”, and sometimes they are…. But most of the time, I’m lying… they can be real monsters!
And guess what… It’s OK to not be perfect!
Here is the real problem…
Not only do we present like we are perfect, but we act like others should be perfect toward us…
Have you ever expected someone to be a perfect friend to you? Or a perfect customer? Or a perfect co-worker? Or a perfect child?
Here is the issue… No one is perfect.
So today, let's try something… what if we gave one relationship in our life a second chance.
“But if you knew what they did to me…”
“But if you knew how bad they hurt me…”
“But if you knew what they did!”
I will never know any of that stuff… but what I do know, is that you have the strength inside you to forgive, and offer a second chance!
What if the relationship heals? What if the person is genuinely sorry? What if your friendship grows into something more beautiful than before?
Give it a shot, offer a second chance.
