The speaker argues that nobody's perfect is a myth. Each person is fundamentally perfect beneath their actions and thoughts, like a diamond under glass. Parents glimpse this innate perfection in unconditional love for their children.
Hello, good morning everybody. Good morning. I hope, I hope you are well. I hope you are really, really well today. Um, so today I'm going to be talking about a, um, a myth that we are all brought up in, and that's the myth That nobody's perfect. So, um, we're told again and again that nobody's perfect, and we're told that nobody can be perfect, and we're told that, uh, seeking perfection, um, is a waste of time. Well, it is a waste of time, but not for the reason that many of us believe. The reason that it's nonsense to seek perfection is that we already are perfect. And that sounds like a bold claim. So we find it— and it's a bold claim because we fail to see the perfection in ourselves— but we have all seen it at some point in our life. We have always— we also— we have all seen it in one of our kids. Not all the time. I'm sure, I'm sure that my mum— I need to have a chat to her about this, actually. Um, I'm sure that she's seen some perfection in me at some stage. I'm sure that she's seen some very imperfect behaviour in me. But we aren't what we do, are we? We aren't what We do. When we see the perfection for the first time in our child, it's often when they're not doing anything apart from— well, they're a baby, aren't they? They are eating, they are drinking, they are sleeping, they are filling their nappy. And yet we see ultimate perfection at some stage. Now, that is who we are. That is who we truly are. That blank piece of paper— blank in a good way, I mean blank as in totally perfect, free of human frailties and thoughts and doing silly things. I do silly things quite a lot. We are the perfection underneath all that. So those of you who've seen my, um, videos before will be familiar with my favorite metaphor for us, which is the diamond. This is not a diamond, it's a piece of glass. It is a metaphor for our perfection. The reason I use metaphors— it's easier to talk about these things with physical props. Because getting our head around perfection is a little bit strange when there's nothing to get the head around. The diamond helps you see your perfection and everybody's perfection, because the perfection that you're— you see in your child, or you have seen in your child, totally Unconditional, totally the unconditional love that you feel for your child, whatever they do, because of the essence of who they are. That love, that is what your parents, parent, parents saw in you at some stage. We struggle to see it in ourselves. But I'm here today to tell you that I don't care what you've done, I don't care what you've said, I don't care what you've felt or what you've thought. Underneath all that is perfection. I've got to 5 minutes, so I'm stopping. See you soon. Bye-bye.
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