Sometimes I forget one of the wonderful things about blogging is that I’m allowed to not be perfect.
Nay.
One of the wonderful things about LIFE is that we’re all allowed to not be perfect.
I spent the last two days literally agonizing over a potential post to the point where I erased and deleted no less than twenty times. I took this picture and I felt energized by this quote, but everything surrounding it wasn’t enough. And when it comes down to it, all I really wanted to do was tell you all this:
You’re the best. You. You’re the best.
Every decision you make is inspirational, even if you have no idea at the time. Every time you happen to life, you set a chain of events in motion that someone, somewhere learns from – in exponentially exciting ways.
One of my favorite movies, a quaint French film featuring Audrey Tatou called Happenstance, is a reminder for this April weekend:
Listen to me. There is not a gesture, even the most insignificant, that can’t change the world. You see, every detail, every gesture, as slight as it may be, reveals an infinity of truths and thus has an endless repercussion and grandiose effects.
Don’t they say the beating of a butterfly’s wings over the Atlantic can cause a Hurricane in the Pacific? So feel free sometimes to do something stupid, random, and ludicrous. That stupid, random, and ludicrous act can upset the order of the world.
And with that, I wish you a wonderful weekend.
Go happen TO it.
While I remain humbly imperfect, if not just a little bit ludicrous.
Big love …
… and happy happening.
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So true. It can be so easy to look at the world, see what we want to change, be overwhelmed by the enormity of it all and despair. But the more I see of the world the more I see just how much we can, and we ARE changing it, bit by bit.
Perfect is boring; and if you can’t act silly at least once in a while, well- that’s just ludicrous! Hehe. You are lovely and inspiring, always- thank you! 🙂
-Sarah
Right back atcha! You are a wealth of information, a great writer, and an inspiration as a successful green blogger! Plus you sound like just the sort of person I’d love to sit and have a cup of tea or coffee with in real life. 🙂 Hope your weekend was great – mine was!
No need to agonize over perfection. You are gifted; you are a natural. You make my day.
Love Happenstance!! Was just telling some friends about that film this week.
Perfectly imperfect! Chrunchy Betty is awesomesauce.
I really needed to hear this right now. Thank you 🙂
Thank you… I REALLY needed to hear this!!! I love your blog.
Hi there, I am new to your blog and am loving it! Do you have archives set up with titles or some way to search for specific blogs other than scrolling page after page? To be more specific, I would love to read specific blogs you wrote for Food on Your Face. Also there was an article about mile and honey baths that I can’t find anymore. Any help would be great, I really enjoy your blog! Thanks!
I LOVED this post….. What a wonderful compassionate message…….
Thank you. :). Keri
LOVE THIS 🙂 🙂 Enjoy your weeekend, too 🙂 🙂 Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 😉 🙂
Betty, this is one of the most beutiful and inspiring things I’ve ever read. Thank you so much. You are such a blessing! : )
You’re such a naturally generous soul. Or is it that you make & apply some sort of soul salve that increases generosity?:) Thanks so much for all you do….
Wow! You certainly have a real gift of encouragement – thank you so much for this inspiring post – you have no idea how much God wanted me to hear that right now! Thank you xxx
I loved this so much, I forwarded the feed-post to a couple of friends for encouragement. Thanks!
Betty, you inspire us all to be inspirational is our own little ways. You are the most inspirational inspire-er of inspire-ers that has ever inspired an inspire-er. Crunchy betty teaches all of us to be crunchy inside and out. I respect you for that.