Discovering the Perfectly Imperfect

July 21, 2024 by AJ Juraska.

In her poem “The Summer Day” Mary Oliver asks, “what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” This question might lend itself towards striving for perfection in our days. But what if the point wasn’t to seek perfection, but to embrace the imperfect? How might we live life differently if imperfection were both a necessary part of the journey and the goal itself?