It’s easy to think
That the only useful parts
Of our story
Are the victories;
The well implemented model
The picture perfect event
The thriving relationship.
These are the parts we are
Most inclined to share with others-
Our journey of overcoming.
But human life is littered with setbacks,
Our good days are punctuated with bad ones
And many of us have no fairytale ending
To speak of.
So what then?
Do we hide the inconvenient parts of us?
Wish them away like bad weather?
Everything is data.
The brightest morning
And the darkest night.
Perfectionist narratives
Are inadequate and incomplete
And while it may seem foolish at the time
To let others in on our mess,
Our real life stories
Of disasters and delight
Are the ones most likely to
Be of value to others.
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