​LIFE ISN’T ALWAYS HOMEMADE – SOMETIMES A FROZEN PIE IS GOOD ENOUGH by Pennie Hunt

Once I took a store-bought frozen coconut cream pie out of the package, placed it in a glass pie plate, and took it to a potluck fundraiser at my children’s elementary school. It was obvious, looking down at the row of home-baked cakes, cookies, and pies, that Marie Callender (not me) had baked it.

I felt the judgment of the other moms as they saw me add my pie to the table.
I have accidentally turned the wrong way on a one-way street. I have worn two different shoes to work. I have tripped and fallen in the middle of a busy airport. I have put my foot in my mouth and said the wrong thing at the wrong time more often than I can count. I have hurt others with my words and actions.

I had every intention of baking my famous homemade chocolate chip cookies for that fundraiser, but life got in the way. Overwhelmed by overscheduling led me right to Marie Callender in the frozen food aisle.

I didn’t mean to drive the wrong way down a street, wear two different shoes, or say and do stupid things, but life is not perfect. I am certainly not perfect.

I have been embarrassed, ashamed, judged, and humiliated. I have failed and fallen. Life has given me stumbling blocks, barriers, and brick walls. Bad days, tragedy, and misfortune touch all of us. Don’t fall in the hole of poor me and victim mode. Stand up and be grateful for every day you are given- good and bad! If life has given you a roadblock, find a new road. Adjust, adapt, and accept.

Perfection isn’t attainable in life, and yet we hope for it, wait for it, and expect it. If you are waiting for everything to be perfect, you will wait forever. Do what you need to do to get through life in the best way you can. Walk the tightrope when life is scary. Dodge the potholes when life is dangerous. Clean up what you can when life is messy. Embrace all that life puts in front of you.

Glimmers of perfection may show up in fleeting milliseconds, but life is not meant to be and will never be a continual story of perfection. Don’t put your life plans (whatever they are) on hold waiting for the perfect time.

There will always be unexpected challenges, setbacks, and disappointments. That might be the plan. The biggest lessons are taught and learned during the most difficult times.

You will never be able to control everything. It could be that learning to be happy in chaos is the whole point. It could be that understanding that concentrating on the good things that happen, the happiness, the joy, and the possibilities in life is what makes the challenging times doable.

I do make world-famous chocolate chip cookies (ask my grandchildren), but there are times when life isn’t homemade, and a frozen pie from the grocery store is the best we can do, and that is good enough. Life isn’t perfect.
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​                         Don’t wait for everything to be perfect to be happy. 
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