Rubik's Cube
Hey everyone. Fair warning, this might be a long post.
Social Media is like a Rubik's cube with one side solved. When you look at it head on, you see everything is neat and in its right place. Everything is perfect and in line and pristine. But if you turn the cube around you’ll see that the cube is mixed up and messed up. The pieces are unsolved and jumbles and one big mess. Thats social media. A instagram page could be perfect on the outside, but that persons like isn’t. And I know this because I do it all the time.
I post photos for companies and art and such, but my life is far from perfect. You dont see the insecurity, self doubt, the not enough ness, the mental and physical pain life has. But on instagram, you dont have to share that. You can be perfect. You can be everything that everyone wants you to be. And that can be comforting… until it affects how you life your life.
When you meet up with friends and you have wear a fake face in front of them, or when you have to talk to a business and hide all the stress you have on your shoulders… thats when it gets too much. The truth is, none of us are perfect. And thats the point of life. Thats the reason why we are here, so we can strive to become something better and more Christ like.
During “Come Follow Me'“ this week, it as all about the priesthood. And I thought to myself that a lot of people (myself included) think that we have to be perfect. We think that in order to have the authority and power of the Priesthood, that we have to be flawless and never make a mistake ever. But the thing is, none of us are. We are all struggling with different things in our lives and different obstacles. Those things might effect how we live our lives or how we approach certain things. But just because you cant do things “like everyone else”, doesn’t mean you dont have worth. Doesn’t mean you are lesser. Doesn’t mean that you are not enough.
The feeling of being “not enough” or “lesser” than others is something that I have struggled with my whole life. I was struggling with this in elementary school. I always thought they were people who were just better than me in every way and I had no chance to be noteworthy. And its been the most paralyzing thought I have ever had. I get anxious and scared just thinking that I haven’t done certain things or lives a certain life.
But I remember thinking this thought, “Our imperfections make us perfect.” And I thought about that for a long time. We as sons and daughters of Heavenly Father are not perfect. We aren’t without flaws. And I have realized that because of those flaws, or little things we do, that make us unique and special. That is what makes us perfect. To someone, we might be exactly what they want or need in their lives. But to ourselves, we pick out everything that is “wrong” with us and beat ourselves up about it. Example, I think I am not enough because of my height, or my build. In reality, people don’t care, but I think they do and that makes me more self conscious.
What my whole point to this is, we might not be “perfect” but that deosn’t mean we aren’t enough. That doesn’t mean we are lesser than those who bully us or insult us. We have a purpose on this earth and a reason why we are blessed with imperfections. Heavenly Father has a purpose for us and sometimes we just have to be patient until we figure out what that purpose is. So next time you think of someones life being person on a social media page, remember that rubix cube. And think of your own and how you can work on solving your own cube.
Your imperfection make you perfect.
-Husain
