“A broken cup is perfect at being a broken cup. It is only when compared to a cup that is whole that the broken cup appears imperfect. None of us are perfect in the harsh Western sense of perfection. All human beings, indeed all things in the world, are like broken cups. We are all perfect, not in the harsh Western sense that we are flawless or measure up to some unattainable ideal–we just “are”. The mental and creative exercise is to accept another human being as they are. When we do, we see them in their perfection. It could be called compromise, or a healthy view of the way the world works.”
–A Zen Master saying as quoted by Dr. Alex Binazir (original source unknown)
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