Nobody's perfect...
Only GOD is perfect...
While we are still on earth, we are all not perfect...
Well, today I'll say YOU CAN BE PERFECT!
My perception of being perfect is like this...
When you need to get a nail into the wall,
a hammer is the perfect tool...
Then the hammer is PERFECT no matter how ulgy or stained it is.
It doesn't matter if it is a $2.00 hammer, old hammer or a $1,000/- state of the art NASA hammer.
On the other hand, if you use a screwdriver to whack it in,
it may work but that's just NOT perfect.
Need another example?
A philip head screwdriver is PERFECT when you need to fasten a cross head screw.
And now if you use a hammer, even though you may force the screw in, it's just NOT perfect!
Hey, let me tell you a story...
Malathi is a school teacher in a suburb...
She teaches Biology...
It is not every year that Malathi gets to be a class teacher for the better classes...
Sometimes she gets students who are from the poorer background...
students who are academically challenged...
and all the sorts that a normal teacher would just give up as hopeless...
Malathi would call the parents, talk and counsel them...
offers solutions that would not necessary be that from a teacher...
She goes beyond her normal call of duty,
so that her students who have no hope to do well academically,
would find a place to do well in society...
She has recommended many to vocational studies,
helped solved their problems at home, etc...
Just recently, Malathi shared this with me...
There was a boy in her class many years ago...
To protect his identity, let's call him Roy.
Roy has difficulty passing most of his subjects in class...
One day, Malathi took him aside...
she asked Roy what he wants to do, what does he wants to be when he finishes school...
Roy replied " I want to be a policeman"
Malathi said " Why don't you find out what does it takes to be a policeman. What are the subjects that you need to pass in order to be a policeman"
Roy went to the career counsellor, and came back with the information.
Malathi advised "Now just concentrate to pass these few subjects, forget about the rest."
Just recently, (a few years later) Malathi met Roy again...
This time it is police constable Roy...
Malathi, not just teach... she reaches out and INSPIRES her students...
I know of many other stories about Malathi that could be compiled into a book...
Malathi, YOU ARE PERFECT!
Just as what God has called you to be...
I believe if we just do what we are suppose to be doing...
doing it right...
doing what we are called to do...
then we can be PERFECT!
I salute you ... PERFECT mothers...
I salute you ... PERFECT fathers...
I salute you... PERFECT clerks, teachers, waiters, managers, pastors,
Most of all, I salute you... PERFECT children...
Just be who you are, and do right whatever it is you doing...
YOU are just PERFECT, my friends!
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