the gifts of imperfection

Every morning at the library we print of the send item list, which is a list of items that people have placed holds on.  We print the list on 8 ups so that we can put the stickers directly on the items and not risk losing the hold information.  On very rare occasions I'll get a sheet of 8 ups with a mysterious red stripe running through the page.  Because the information is still readable I don't make new stickers for the rare items with the red stripe. 

The other day I printed the list and came across a very powerful and profound message thanks to both the title of the book and the rare red stripe: