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The Perfect Cup
it is time for me to see the flaws of myself
and stop being alarmed
it is time for me to halt my drive for perfection
and to accept my blemishes
it is time for me to receive slowly evolving growth
the kind that comes in God's own good time and pays no heed to my panicky pushing
it is time for me to embrace my humanness
to love my incompleteness
it is time for me to cherish the unwanted
to welcome the unknown to treasure the unfulfilled
if I wait to be perfect before I love myself
I will always be unsatisfied and ungrateful
if I wait until all the flaws, chips, and cracks disappear
I will be the cup that stands on the shelf and is never used
Joyce Rupp (From “The Cup Of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth”)
I wanted to share this with each of you that cares to read my blog. This should be taped to your bathroom mirror and, each morning as you finish your daily hair brushing, teeth brushing, etc. take one extra moment and read it out loud to yourself. Learn to not only love the good part of who you are, but to accept those things that you might consider to be blemishes, cracks, imperfections, for they do comprise the sum total of your unique being.
In life, I find the most critical person each of us face day in and day out, is the very one staring back at us in that mirror each day. Learn that you are not perfect, but you are pretty darn good even with those imperfections. Cherish those little wrinkles or scars, they show that you have been alive and lived. Know that you are indeed human and are still here in this life because you have a journey to complete, a plan was made a long time before you came to recognize these little cracks within yourself, embrace the fact that you are still learning, still seeking, still hanging in there and let yourself open to new experiences, new people, new lessons, because if you are so afraid of others seeing those imperfections you find, you will one day find that that fear may have kept you from embracing the life you were meant to have.
Soar.. and soar with confidence and accept the turbulence as a bump in the road, don't worry unnecessarily over things that in the long run will not be a life threat.
I recently gained a new addition to my critter family .. her name is Mudslide (in keeping with my theme) .. she was given to me because she was being abused in her other home. I believe she is settling in nicely and pictures will be forthcoming. She is a sweet beige and grey lop-eared rabbit.. and she has one white paw. I had some neighborhood children here playing with her today and they notice her white paw and then my white marks on my hands and asked what happened to me. I told them they were part of my life, just one small imperfection I was given in life's journey, I have come to accept them and not be embarrassed by them. Such is life.
and for gramps:
One Sunday, in counting the money in the weekly offering, the Pastor of a small church found a pink envelope containing $1,000.
It happened again the next week!
The following Sunday, he watched as the offering was collected and saw an elderly woman put the distinctive pink envelope on the plate. This went on for weeks until the pastor, overcome by curiosity approached her.
"Ma'am, I couldn't help but notice that you put $1,000 a week in the collection plate," he stated.
"Why yes," she replied, "every week my son sends me money and I give some of it to the church."
The pastor replied, "That's wonderful. But $1000 is a lot, are you sure you can afford this? How much does he send you?"
The elderly woman answered, "$10,000 a week."
The pastor was amazed. "Your son is very successful; what does he do for a living?"
"He is a veterinarian," she answered.
"That's an honorable profession, but I had no idea they made that much money," the pastor said. Where does he practice?"
The woman answered proudly, "In Nevada . He has two cat houses, one in Las Vegas and one in Reno.
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redtigr
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May 21 @ 10:41PM
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Congratulations on your new bunny!! Now every day will be at least a "one bunny day." 
As for my imperfections...  ?
I just take off my glasses...
It's way cheaper than botox... 
~*~
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wandaful123
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May 21 @ 10:44PM
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Wow Carol... that is indeed beautiful. It is also timely for me... then again it is no great secret we find that which we seek. Kindred souls will bring kindred thoughts.
Soaring... what an amazing concept. Scary, yet so simple... let go! let go!
I just finished an e-mail response regarding this same thought. I was soaring towards the sun and prepared to face the consequence... how beautiful that it is you,your words, one I respect so dearly, that I come out to find verification from.
I am never left wanting whilst walking away from your thoughts...
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PentatonicPunk
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May 21 @ 10:54PM
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I don't even see the scars anymore.
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SallyF
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May 21 @ 10:54PM
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Awwww....Mudslide, welcome to the best home you ever could have come upon! I raised a couple of litters of lops---it was to be real time sex ed for my sons. The three of them were not particularly interested; but the bunnies kept my ex and I hopping. (pun intended)
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oceanlover734
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May 21 @ 11:14PM
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Soar.. and soar with confidence If only we could all learn to stop selling ourselves too short. I was actually told this yesterday. A friend told me I have so much more to offer and I just have to see it myself 
Oh and excuse me you forgot to mention your new little nephew. He is just about as cute as a bunny  . Of course I'm a bit partial.
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daisy315
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May 21 @ 11:42PM
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this evening, I decided I needed to go shopping for a few summer tops.. I have outgrown all of my clothes since last summer.
After going through rack after rack and trying on dozens of tops, I just sat in the dressing room in my bra and panties, tears pouring down my face.. nothing in that store in the plus size that would cover both the belly I have now and cover the hump on my back that gets worse with every year that goes by
It's hard to get past my childhood and the words that were hammered into my head constantly
I just can't turn a blind eye to my cracks and faults.. I wish I could..
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cartay25
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May 22 @ 12:59AM
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Very wise words and good to live by. 
I loved the joke. I had a great great aunt the used to run a cathouse.
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American_Woman
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May 22 @ 2:16AM
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Wonderful
I have 2 Holland Lop bunnies I rescued. Sweet little creatures aren't they? I love it when they do their little "binky dance" across the yard. 
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sciurusniger
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May 22 @ 7:27AM
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It is what it is. Lessons in all of it. Just waking up in the morning is a gift some days - choose to embrace it.
~*~
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suzzieq356
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May 22 @ 8:08AM
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Beautiful words of wisdom....  I am glad you have a new little friend!
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LaughTillYaPuke
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May 22 @ 8:10AM
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I love your crack too. 
yeah, I'm in a mood today. Can't take me anywhere.
Thanks for a great read first thing in the morning!
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fenderchick
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May 22 @ 8:57AM
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to love my incompleteness
That one line speaks to me the most 
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littlebrit
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May 22 @ 9:47AM
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if we do not love ourselves accept who we are, and be happy in how we live thankful for what we have, then we trully know love, it isnt conciet to admire ourselves, if we dont , why would anyone else.
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EternalFlame
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May 22 @ 10:02AM
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beckyiv42000
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May 22 @ 10:44AM
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I think I would rather have a million flaws .. than to be so perfect that no one dares approach me.... our imperfections make us HUMAN they make us US they distinguish each of us form the masses.. wonderful blog as always
btw LOVE THE "BINKIES" 
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EmmeS61
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May 22 @ 11:21AM
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Thank you once again for a wonderful, insightful read.
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sherwithme
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May 22 @ 11:23AM
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Kudos! I loved this blog!!!
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