Does anyone remember the good 'ol days of Hannah Montana? I may or may not have been addicted to this show. I even had Hannah Montana school supplies when I was in high school. (Just a notebook and pen guys, calm down) Everyone knew that Sami loved Hannah Montana! For a school talent show, my friend and I decided to do the Nobody's Perfect dance. It was my favorite song. We never ended up actually performing the dance in front of the school (thank goodness) but we did throw together a quick YouTube video as we were practicing one day.
I have been thinking a lot lately. For some reason perfection, or lack thereof, has been brought up over and over again in my life recently. Through family, friends, and dating, I have realized that everyone has a story and everyone has gone through something. It is important to remember that no matter how perfect someones life seems, they actually could be the ones that need help the most. Every time this is brought up my mind goes straight to my favorite Hannah Montana jam. Nobody's Perfect. It seems silly, but this song has helped me through the hard times and helped me to have realistic perspectives. I encourage everyone to try and remember to keep an eternal perspective. We are all children of God and we are all doing our best with what we are given. Don't be so hard on others but most importantly don't be so hard on yourself. Perfection is unrealistic. Because... Nobody's Perfect! I will just let Hannah do the talking, or should I say singing?
Isn't she great? I know. Love her.
I found this quote from Elder Uchtdorf and I just fell in love. He is always so great at putting all the million thoughts running around in my head into one eloquent paragraph.
God is fully aware that you are I are not perfect. Let me add, God is also fully aware that the people you think are perfect are not. And yet, we spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others- usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someone else does.
–Dieter F Uchtdorf
So once again, lets all remember that.... NOBODY'S PERFECT!!
Word of wisdom from Miley....whoda thought? I'm so glad no one (no mortal being that is) is perfect. I always seem to put that kind of a label on some people, but I do not know all their faults and struggles. I think if we did, we would also give ourselves a break. No one, including us, is perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love the message of this. We all try so hard to be perfect, but God doesn't expect us to ACT perfect. He wants us to BECOME perfect by living his gospel and following our Savior. I think it's so amazing that Christ was willing to come to this earth, live a perfect life, and sacrifice himself for our imperfections. Sometimes I seem to forget that. God knew that we wouldn't be perfect, and that is why he provided the atonement.
ReplyDeleteHahaha. I love this. and Hannah Montana. I will forever be a fan! And I love that you tied it into words of wisdom from Uchtdorf. This is great :)
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