Perfection

The year’s at the spring
And day’s at the morn;
Morning’s at seven;
The hillside’s dew-pearled;
The lark’s on the wing;
The snail’s on the thorn;
God’s in His heaven -
All’s right with the world!

~Robert Browning

I love this poem by Robert Browning. It epitomizes perfection. It speaks of new birth. The birth of Spring, the birth of dawn. It shows how the universe is in order and on a divine path. The earth and nature are perfection. As humans, we manipulate the earth and it’s bounty by our ego driven acts. Rather than looking at the earth and the gifts it has bestowed upon us we are constantly looking for more and striving to be that perfect person. We look for situations and outside sources to make us feel perfect. We look without rather than within. Rather than seeing the earth in awe, we see it as awful.

Each day the earth rotates, the sun rises, the sun sets, the stars glisten and the flowers bloom. These daily earthly rituals are perfection yet we only see the imperfections. Being out in nature will refresh your senses and allow you to see the perfection within you. Our roots are grounded in nature so if nature is perfection, so are we. We do not need the outside sources to become perfect. We already are perfect.

Here are some suggestions

1. Give yourself a few minutes each day to experience the perfection around you. Get outside and just see, listen and feel nature. Breathe it and allow it to permeate your senses. This will bring a sense of gratitude for the earth in which we live.

2. See yourself as perfection. You are connected to nature. It is inside you and therefore divine.