We have a lot of practice seeing the flaws in our lives. Sometimes we focus only on what is missing in our lives. Yet when we consider our lives from the perspective of the Lotus Sutra we can begin to see that our lives, no matter how seemingly flawed, are in fact the perfect life and present the perfect condition for the emergence of our Buddhahood.

Our lives are actually complete from the perspective of the practice of Buddhism. There is nothing missing. While there may be things in our lives that we can change or improve upon, we should also consider that each one of those things actually could represent strengths, something we can change into a positive.

It isn’t necessary to become someone else. It is only necessary to redirect our lives completely to enlightenment.