Acceptance vs Satisfaction

Perfect

Are we meant to be

Flawless?

To have

The perfect life

The perfect body?

Surely if we try hard enough

It’s possible,

Right?

If I walked into a lecture theatre

And asked 300 university students

To raise their hand

If they were 100% satisfied

With their body,

Or with their life,

Would any hands go up?

I don’t think so …

But is that because

They haven’t tried hard enough?

Haven’t made the right decisions?

Or just haven’t reached that place yet?

Could it possibly be because

There is no perfect?

No flawless life

No ideal body?

Is that not

The nature of this world?

While we are in it

We will never be complete

Will never know fully

Never find true satisfaction

Eternal peace?

Do I really have to live this way?

In a world

As marred as this?

Do I really have to accept

I will never be happy

All of the time

No matter what decisions I make

Or what I do?

That I will never be

Completely in control,

Must I really

 Lower my standards

From a perfect life

To an ‘im’-perfect one?

From body-satisfaction

To body-acceptance?