I am sure you need to convince that you are a job in progress. In fact, you may have pronounced a reflection of reflections. But his eyes quickly hid the word “masterpiece” to get to the part of the event with which he feels more comfortable? We bother ourselves a bit and deepen the implications of being a masterpiece.
Take a time to imagine a mountain or a meadow, extended in all directions. Imagine the smell of incoming rain, a fresh breeze touches his face. Feel the deep silence of this masterpiece. Now imagine an ocean or a lake, so large that you can’t see the opposite shore. Imagine the sounds of the waves, a soft spray, the tickle of water between the fingers of the feet. Feel the calm of this masterpiece.
Now take a closer look and see that this masterpiece has defects. A leaf with a caterpillar hole, a softened rock on one side but not in the other, clouds of different sizes and shapes. In the background, you know that the “masterpiece” does not mean perfect. It means something bigger and more important than imperfection. It means together. It means whole.
Now in your imagination, take a step back and see that you are not just an observer of this masterpiece. You are part of that. How can the waves tickle if the feet fingers are absent? How can you touch the breeze if your face is not there to feel it? You knew there was something a bit with “you are a masterpiece.” It is because the deep truth is more. Are part of a masterpiece. The masterpiece does not mean complete, it means connected.
Imperfectly perfect, you are part of a totally connected and complete masterpiece.
You are a job in progress not because you are wrong daily. You are working in progress because your imperfections and disorder are welcome here. They extend in this connected masterpiece. Yes, maybe your disorder hurt someone for a moment, or for a while. But maybe they talked to someone who talked to someone … and that person heard a lesson in him. Or maybe the damage that caused changed a bad future decision for that person, preventing someone else from hurting. You are connected to the masterpiece, so it is also possible that another person’s disorder has crouched into your life and has changed you for the better.
The surprising mystery of yours is that both are a work in progress and an integral part of a masterpiece. And it would not be the same without you.
Until next time
Laura
