Embrace the imperfection

As he speaks of his growing older, he says: "I can't help but see the shadow side of everything now. I have to watch the cynicism, but on my better days I'm not angry about it; I'm just sad about it. And this is a sadness I can live with, a sadness I can love with.  Things do not have to be perfect for me to reverence them, respect them, honor them, love them, and forgive them."