I think I’ve come to a decision, I think our flaws make us worth loving. I’m still mulling those particular words over. What makes someone worthy of love? On those rare tough days you might think that you have to earn it. But I believe, perhaps more than anything else, that we are worthy of love simply because we are alive. What do I mean, then, when I say that our flaws make us worth loving?
I’m not an easy man, not really. I have my little neuroses, as do we all, that make me both unique and uniquely difficult. One such tendency is that I often feel my most creative and passionate around 9:30PM, desiring to play the piano or to sing loudly or discuss the inner workings of my mind. This can be fun in the right circumstance, but it’s far less charming on a school night. I also possess less flattering traits; I take forever to pack a bag, I’m very particular about folding a fitted sheet, I worry.
All of these behaviours may make me difficult to deal with, perhaps even downright irritating. But they also make me human. And real. And vulnerable. All of the beauty that we see in one another is not in spite of our peculiarities, but because of them. Rolling hills and valleys make landscapes beautiful and intriguing, very few people stop to look at an open field. You’re just the same. What you may believe to be imperfections, I see as features of your landscape, they make you more interesting, more beautiful, far more worth my attention than a boring old field.
When it comes down to it, we are all flawed in some way or another. Your crooked smile, your wonky teeth, your insistence that Brussels sprouts are the best vegetable all make you so much more interesting to love. Unless you hate cheesecake, I can’t help you there.
Often thought of hills and valleys, vs endless perfect green meadows in relation to creation.
All the signs of an old earth are there, weathered canyons, hills and valleys. The Genesis account suggests an 'adult' aged earth, trees and plants ripe to be eaten by animals etc...Eve didn't have to wait for the sapling to grow and be enticing.
Don't want to swing this into a creationist discussion, but in line with your thoughts, the wrinkly earth is far more appealing than a flat unweathered one.
I love the rugged places, would rather camp in a dry riverbed or next to a mountain than in a paddock.
Which is maybe why us old wrinklies are still interesting.
and enjoy cheesecake
FABULOUSNESS. Kudos, Jeremy. Great post. X