Allowing imperfection

Imperfections – our human flaws, our mistakes, our wounds – are not barriers, but openings. Entry points. Portals. The “cracks” represent the vulnerable places within us, a natural part of the human condition, where the façade of perfection breaks down. These moments of vulnerability are not obstacles to our growth, but essential parts of the process. In the Japanese art of kintsugi, broken pottery is repaired with gold, highlighting rather than hiding the breakage, representing strength and radiance. In a similar sense, light enters through what is broken. Let us shift our perspective to pain, discomfort, and see it not as something to hide or fix, but something which holds the potential for great transformation.

Acceptance is a radical act of love and awareness. When we stop resisting our flaws and imperfections, allowing them to exist without shame and judgement, a profound sense of acceptance and a deep sense of peace arises. This process is effortlessness, not forced – acceptance becomes a passive, natural response when we no longer try to hide or fix everything. When we stop pretending or controlling, we allow ourselves to be seen as we all are – imperfect humans. When we truly accept ourselves, we truly accept others – a beautiful circle of loving, compassionate presence and awareness. True acceptance is aligned with surrender, allowing life to be as it is, without needing to conform to pre-conceived ideas.

Healing doesn’t happen by fixing or avoiding flaws, but by embracing them, fully accepting them. Healing happens not in perfection, but in presence. “Here” refers to the space created by acceptance of imperfection, a state of being, where true emotional, spiritual, or psychological transformation can root, grow and bloom. Healing is not about erasing wounds, but tending to them with compassion. It happens when we witness ourselves fully, in love, grief, rage and joy, and make space for the ups and downs of emotion – all part of the human experience.

True acceptance of self is felt on a profound level, when a part of such things as women’s circles, or within a Siblinghood of shared purpose – the company of like-minded people – who hold you with presence, love, non-judgement, compassion, respect, acceptance and truth, allowing you to fully step into your own authenticity. When this happens, healing is effortless, it flows and becomes contagious, a butterfly effect. When we give up our resistance to reality, something greater and far beyond our comprehension takes place.

Healing doesn’t come from perfection but from presence, vulnerability, and acceptance. When we stop fighting our cracks. the cracks in others, the environment around us and our actions, and instead let compassion and truth flow through them, true, deep and profound transformation becomes possible.

A circle of like-minded souls is a powerful phenomenon. The time has come to gather once more – to sit together in truth and presence. The world is calling for space holders, vision keepers, and sacred circles. For now, more than ever, we need those who can hold the vision of something greater – for the highest good of all humanity.