I've recovered a comforter with a torn cover before. This time I got inspired by watching a video about kantha quilt making: Traditional Indian Quilt Making. The charm of these quilts is how simply they are made. So I felt relief, like I did when I studied modern art (famouse stuff but even a kid could make it) or the popular shabby chic décor or the use of vintage pieces in home décor. Or when I began to relax with my mortar and pestle about grinding spices the way a machine would. Good enough is now good enough. Because imperfection can be very healthy for a perfectionist. So I was able to get this comforter in good shape in no time and not in anxiety about having perfect top stitching. It worked quite well. In other words, it may be imperfect in some ways but how useful it has now become makes it perfect.
Some before and after pics:
This perfectly imperfect concept is something I think about when I think about the jiva soul. The jiva has the tendency to become illusioned due to imperfect senses, make mistakes and so on. Like when you go for a walk and realize you left something on the stove and it gets burnt to a crisp. Every good story has challenges to overcome. There are problems. There is conflict of interests and so on. This is helpful to remember, when others disappoint us or we feel disappointed in ourselves. We are designed this way. And in Krishna lila also, these tendencies are there but in a transcendental way. One example is Yudhistira Maharaja gambling away his kingdom, brothers and wife. Huge mistake many say, but although seemingly imperfect externally, everything -the entire Mahabharata- was meanwhile being masterminded by the all pervading all knowing, all merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead. In that way Yudhistira was actually just acting as the Lord's agent. In that way Yudhistira became useful to the Lord's plan. And in that way, the whole lila and the part he played was perfect.