Perfection, we all strive to be it. The perfect partner, the perfect daughter, the perfect son, the perfect person who says and does everything perfectly and the perfect student with straight As.
The obsessive need to become perfect puts so much pressure on us. Suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression control many people now a day. My mother whom works at Olive Dale hospital, comes home and tells me that people are being put in hospital daily due to eating disorders, suicide attempts and stress related conditions all because we put way too much pressure on ourselves.
Our need to be perfect bounds us to the joy of the moment because we have the need to control and perfect everything, and for whom are we doing it for? Are we doing it for you,
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What might be perfect to you might not be perfect to the person sitting next to you. Societies “perfect” is an illusion, an idea or a reality but administered by parents, culture and religion. Guess what, we are not a machine, there is always a flaw. We don’t have buttons and programs to make us perfect. We are not meant to be one idea that is “perfect”. How boring would it be if we were all perfect and identical?
The true essence of perfection is not the package we come in physically, perfection is the level of your sole untouched by your past, peers, and social media or by the hurtful words of your enemies. Spirt guys, it is you spirit that is perfect. Hand made by God, your spirit is what goes to heaven or
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You were born free; when you were kids you jumped on the beds and ran around naked at the Christmas dinner, like me, because you didn’t care. You didn’t care how you looked, how people saw you and there was no sense of self-consciousness. And then as soon as we become self-conscious we become petrified of failure. But as kids we didn’t care, we were in bliss because we were in touch with our inner selves. As children we are born free but as soon as we enter the real world we start to deal with society and we disconnect from that perfection. We are being taught and bombarded with the idea that who you are is not perfect. Then people say, ‘I will love you if…”. So if you do x,y,z you will be accepted in the world. This trains us as kids to become self-conscious because we think we are not perfect and to become perfect you have to do something or say something or why don’t you just change yourself completely and only then will you be “perfect”. Then you eventually get into a mindset that if you can control yourself and other people’s responses by being perfect then you will be loved. And it’s just a never ending game of the fear that no one will love you for who you really
Perfect: adj. ˈpər-fikt 1. Entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings, is the first definition you find on dictionary.com for the word (perfect). Is this actually possible to attain? Has anyone actually ever been perfect? Or is it all in the eye of the beholder? These questions are asked by almost every girl, as we dream to one day reach the unattainable. This is especially true at the tender age of fifteen, where nothing seems to be going right with our bodies and everything is changing in us. This poem stresses the fact that as everyone realizes how unrealistic this dream is, the knowledge makes no difference to the wish. Marisa de los Santos comments on this in her poem “Perfect Dress”. The use of verbose imagery, metaphors, and the simplistic approach are very effective in portraying the awkward adolescent stage of a young woman and the unrealistic dream of being perfect.
In the short book, Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen, Quindlen shares her wisdom of the term “perfection.” She discusses her personal experience of being “perfect” when she was younger and tries to persuade the readers that being “perfect” is not worth the hardships, but finding and expressing someone’s true personality and character is. Striving for “perfection” can fog people’s mind in acting contrary to their true selves. For example, people begin to expect the ultimate best out of one another and begin to lack the understanding of others. All people should learn to give up the unreachable goal of being flawless because everyone makes mistakes; it is the way in which people handle their mistakes that makes their true personality shine.
What is a perfect human? Human perfection may be measured by physical ability or intellectual achievement; however, it may also be measured by strength of character, and in this realm humans may often fall short. Weakness of character, shown through various character flaws, causes most of the hardships in life.
“The word perfection cannot be defined into one person or one thing. Perfection can only be told or seen in a first person view. No one will genuinely think something or someone is as perfect as another person, it’s impossible to see eye to eye with something that is as powerful and subjective as perfection.” - Jordan van der neut, 2014
It is human nature to strive for perfection, but we are striving for something that can never be reached. Nothing can be perfect according to Leo Tolstoy, who stated, “If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content”. (Tolstoy) We as humans have strived to reach perfection for many centuries now and we still have yet to achieve perfection, but this is no surprise. Wais, who wrote the paper Does Perfection Exist, said, “Perfection exists as an abstraction of our minds, but is not attainable in the physical world.” (“Does Perfection Exist”, Wais) The struggle for perfection in Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World demonstrates that humanity can never be perfect.
This poem emphasizes that "being oneself" should include the ability to make choices about both small and big things in life.
be able to look in the mirror and appreciate what was given to us at conception. Flaws
Society longs for a perfect model to show how humanity should be. Throughout history, perfection has been looked for in gods and other-worldly beings, yet never in humans. Perhaps this is because perfection is subjective and unattainable. Each person can have their own idea of what makes someone perfect, which can make the most ideal person, imperfect. One simple flaw can be seen as imperfect. Despite that, with the advancement of technology and media, people try to become perfect through surgeries and other, more damaging, processes. In “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a scientist believes that the removal of his wife’s birthmark can make her perfect, or rather, his idea of perfect. Hawthorne uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and dark romantic ideals to say that while attempting to be perfect, you can be hurting yourself or others.
Can humans ever be perfect? Can a person not have flaws? We treat ourselves like the superior race on earth. For example, we believe we are the smartest and most peaceful beings on earth. This leads many humans to believe that we are perfect when the reality is that every human has flaws. These flaws often become the subject of many books. The books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee all display a flaw found in most humans. Not thinking carefully is the common flaw among the characters in these three novels. In Fahrenheit 451 desensitization is the reason for people’s lack of carefulness. Judging in Of Mice and Men and prejudice in To kill a Mockingbird result
In todays society to be “perfect” one must follow society’s criteria. This criteria can depend on what type of perfection one is following. There are different types of perfection such as self oriented perfection, socially prescribed perfection, other oriented perfection, overt perfection, and covert perfection. These types of perfection are all different in how a person is “perfect”. Trying to be perfect can have its benefits but it causes mental health problems that make it not worth it. Rachel Rettner said, “Though perfection is an impossible goal, striving for it can be a boon for one's health, causing one to stick to exercise programs to a tee, say, or follow a strict regimen for treating chronic illnesses like type
Life is full of surprises. We never know what is going to happen next. We can wake up in the morning happy and healthy, but disaster can strike at any minute. The cataclysms of our life sometimes give us what we were dreaming about for a long time. These life events can be so pleasant and desirable that we can even die if someone takes it away from us. This wonderful thing very often appears to be freedom: the life that you can lead as you like, decisions that you can make when you want, steps that you can take without instructions.
Most people have indulged in the perfect wine, made love to the perfect person while possibly wearing the perfect outfit. Or have they? Is there a such thing as perfection, if so can we attain it? No. Nothing in this world is perfect because it is impossible to create perfection. According to Plato's Theory of Forms, perfection cannot exist in the physical world but only the realm of the philosophers; the ones who choose to lurk deeper in the veiled mysteries of metaphysics.
We often think that our main goals are linked to perfection, however, we are unaware of the devastating effect this unattainable concept has on our outlook on life when we cannot achieve it. Though the textbook definition of perfection is, “the quality or condition of being perfect and without flaws”, it is a vice that harbors many doubts and insecurities and holds us back from things we want to do for fear of not being good. Perfection is a concept that cannot be achieved as it does not exist.
Perfectionism of the mind is a goal rationalists try to strive for. Perhaps the main problem with this concept is that it promotes over achievement on everything we do. For many...
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