Who do you know that has it “all together”?

Let me think about that for a moment.  There’s probably no one I know that has it “all together”.  I had this discussion with a group of writers once.  I think I said well, nobody’s perfect.  Then one of them said that she made that statement once at a seminar and was proved wrong.  She said that she had a daughter and mother attending and the daughter raised her hand to say that was not correct.  She said that her mother was in fact perfect.  The writer told me that she of course was incredulous but she asked a few questions and it definitely seemed at least on the surface that the daughter was correct, her mother was perfect.  The thought coming to me at the moment is that this writer’s definition of perfect, and perhaps the daughter’s definition were most likely completely different than mine.  Who is to say what is perfect?  Who is to say what it is to have it all together?  If I had it all together that would mean that myself and my family would be healthy.  Maybe it would mean a clean house and security.  Mostly it would mean lots of love and laughter.  I know people who seem to have it together like this but they would likely tell you, if they were honest, that there are things in their lives that are not all together.  I think that’s ok though.  If everything is just as it should be then what do we have to work toward?  I think it’s ok to not have it all figured out.  People who know everything are a bit irritating to me, I’m sure I’m not the only one.  Failing and learning from our mistakes is part of the challenge and the fun of being alive.  I can definitely tell you I don’t have it all figured out.  I have some things figured out and for now that’s enough.

(Prompt found at: http://oneminutewriter.blogspot.com/2012/05/todays-writing-prompt-together.html)

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