By Gregory J Meyer
August 12, 2016
“You will need help,” she told them, “but all I am allowed to give you is a little talisman… Meg, I give you your faults.”
“My faults!” Meg cried.
“Your faults.”
“But I’m always trying to get rid of my faults!”
“Yes,” Mr.s Whatsit said. “However, I think you’ll find they’ll come in very handy on Camazotz.”
-Madeleine L’Engle (A Wrinkle in Time, 1962)
I think it’s a safe assumption to say that every single one of us have our fair share of flaws. Even if the most beautiful person stood in front of a mirror, I bet they could easily name a few things that they didn’t like about themselves. When I look in the mirror, I see where my beard doesn’t grow in on my chin, or the scar by my left eye I received from a fall when I was four.
Then there are the internal flaws and faults we have that can’t be seen in a mirror but are apparent to us every day. These are the things that we try to hide so others can’t see them because they make us look bad. Perhaps these are the anger issues we have, the bad words we say when things don’t go our way. There’s the crippling self-doubt when speaking in front of people, or the nervous vocal tick that rears its head when we least want it to. (more…)
