So Jason Sardi is in pursuit of the perfect sentence, one that “explains it all”.  He thinks the world can be summed up in a simple sentence, and he’s going to find it, or write it.

I believe in that boy, but thankfully, this time he’s wrong. 

You cannot explain away the world in a sentence.  The best we can do is perfectly explain one little thing.  There are moments when we are able to express exactly what we meant, when we can pull just the right words out of the air and share something inside of us, just as we see it.  It is exceedingly rare, but every now and then we do it.

These are tiny shard of perfection.   That is more than enough for me.  A couple times I've been able to share pretty much what I was thinking.  I feel like I came close with this one.   If I can hit it close enough every now and then, it's enough.

I love quotes because they say one thing so simply, so completely, that you don’t need more words.  They stand alone, little gems of wisdom or truth, just waiting to be discovered and understood.

Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence.  ~Rosalynn Carter
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.  ~Salvador Dali
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.  ~Anatole France

But the quotes can't explain it all, they're just more tiny shards. 

We are not perfect.  I am THANKFUL not to be perfect.  I think that the world is a better place because of it.  Perfection would make us stagnant, with nothing more to achieve.  I would hate it, with every fiber of my being.

We are complex and flawed -- and Jason, you will never be able to explain the world in one sentence because we can’t even understand or explain ourselves.  Keep looking for your sentence and keep writing.  You won’t find perfection because it’s not a destination, or anything real that you can read, touch or feel.  But the pursuit, aaah, that’s where your perfection lies. 

Perfection hides in that moment that you look into each other's eyes and know that the person you love loves you back.  It's in the first precious smiles from your baby.  It's in hearing your children laugh together in another room, and knowing that they love each other.  It's in seeing your friends build up lives they deserve.  Sometimes it's just from witnessing random kindnesses given from one stranger to another.  It is rarely possible to put it into words, and you can never gather it all into one sentence. 

You will find little shards of perfection while you search, and hopefully when you can put together enough of them, you’ll feel that it’s enough. 

And now Tall One has something to say to you:  Ah, but there is an answer to life, the universe and everything.  It’s 42.  Now we just have to find the question.

(If you read Douglas Adams, you know what she’s talking about.)