Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Beautifully Imperfect


One more day to go and I have officially completed my first NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) challenge !!! I listed myself on the blogroll under the General category; please, if you became a reader of  My Daily Mooosings... through following the link from the NaBloPoMo site, kindly inform me.

The theme for the month was "In A Word", and I was delighted to have that as a theme for my first ever attempt at NaBloPoMo because as you know by now, if you have been following me for a while, I love words!

Tonight's word(s) (I would not be me if I did not bend the rules to suit my non-conformist nature!) is inspired by the title Beautifully Imperfect , a touching family advertisement from ThinkFamily directed by Yasmin Ahmad †.

I have to be honest and say, it remains a daily struggle to share images showing a slice of our life, but at the same time it remains a very rewarding experience, as soon as I have crossed the threshold of fear, self-doubts etc.

With this in mind, I consciously chose this particular blurry image, the first picture that P shot upon my request (actually another of those last minute plea for help and assistance, that I will not miss "showing up" for the project!)  with his left index finger showing at the upper left corner.

I needed to be visually reminded that the heart of this project is about acknowledging  and accepting one's imperfections and showing up anyway. 

One can change one's outlook and attitude towards life but it cannot be done in a heartbeat, as much as we want to, it will always remain a daily struggle to remain positive, optimistic, hopeful. But that is what life is all about, living one day at a time, striving to see the world in a positive light, and striving to be a positive light.

Most often than not, we need to remind ourselves about it again and again, and again.  Like myself, rereading my own words in the blog I posted quiet at the beginning of this project, 5 days into the month of January: What is the Most Important Thing in Life?

Love.

Light and love  to you all!

8 comments:

  1. You're doing all sorts of fun things! Congratulations on being so close to the finish line!!

    I'm stopping in to welcome you to the a to z blogging challenge! I'm one of the cho-hosts, should you need anything just stop on in! I'd love to give an official hello! We'll also be having fun on twitter (I'm @jenunedited and we are chatting at #atozchallenge)!

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  2. Thank you so much for dropping by and leaving a heartwarming comment, Jen! :)

    I found the link to the A to Z challenge through the site of a blogger, who is participating in the IComLeavWe: April 2011:

    http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2011/03/icomleavwe-april-2011/

    Ever so glad that I stumbled upon both challenges because it is exactly what will keep me motivated to finish my own 365-blogging.

    Thank you for the invite, and I will surely drop by, soonest!

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  3. Welcome to the blog, Jingle!

    I am glad you liked the title.

    Have you previously seen the youtube clip of the touching family advertisement, which inspired the title?

    So excited to "meet" bloggers participating in the A to Z challenge! :)

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  4. Wow I admire everything you have going on:) Yay for you!

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  5. Thanks for the cheer, Candy!

    I quickly took a peek on your latest post, and found myself giggling over the few lines that I scanned! I love your humour. :)

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  6. Again, thank y'all for dropping by; I have to honestly say, I am delightfully surprised. :)

    Sooo excited to be a part of huge event amongst fellow bloggers with the A-Z challenge in April!

    The girls all need to be tucked in now but I will definitely be visiting each one of you when I have put some order from the debris of the day!

    Happy Thursday!

    ~paper

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  7. Thank you sooo much for the warm welcome, Lee! (I took the liberty of addressing you, Lee, hope you don't mind!) :)

    I am very excited to be a part of the challenge you wonderfully initiated, and spearheaded.

    Totally amazing, I found your site just as I was looking for what blogging theme to use for April.

    Life can be perfect like that, don't you agree? :)

    paper~

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