Perfection is BORING

 Perfection is a state which as the name suggests is being flawless and where everything is 100% great and exactly right. It can also be creating or making something perfect for example cooking that fish to perfection. 



Perfection then, as I understand is 

1) being flawless and complete

2) being so good that nothing could be better.

3) a quality, trait or feature of the highest degree of excellence and it's possible. That's why we have artists, athletes, chefs and people and professionals in practically every field who are par excellence.

But perfection is Boring.

Ever wondered why ? Because once I think, feel or act as if I am perfect, I loose out on the opportunity to grow and improve as a person. Getting better as a person, professional, human being is where all the fun is. Desiring to become better is actually where it all starts.

Perfection is overrated, boring. It's the imperfections--the vulnerabilities, the weaknesses, the human elements--that make us who we are, that make us real, beautiful . . . necessary 

Guy Harrison 

Why then do we put so many demands of perfection on ourselves and also on others ? Why is it not possible to accept others the way they are rather than expecting them to be a certain way or wanting them to be my way only ? 



But that's about others whom we can't control. For us, important to remember is our imperfections does not mean we are unworthy and to be worthy one doesn't have to be perfect. 

As long as we have a strong inclination to work on one aspect ( at a time) of our personalities ( it could be waking up half hour early to exercise every day), no matter the age because bettering oneself has nothing to do with age, master the art of patience, keep believing in oneself, it is only the imperfections that will push one towards greatness.

And don't worry about failing as long as you are able to get up, dust yourself off and start again.


Hope you overcome that fear of falling and failing. Wish you the bestest on your journey of an ever growing, ever improving human being.

Thank you again for taking the time out to read my blogs.









Comments

  1. perspectiveJuly 13, 2022 at 9:38 AM

    Good one!. Totally agree with what you wrote. It's Good to want to be better. But it's not Bad if you aren't perfect, because once one starts believing that one's perfect, one stops trying harder and soon becomes boring

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  2. MyReflections04July 14, 2022 at 8:33 PM

    Thank you so much for your appreciation. It's the desire to be better that takes us there. Totally agree !

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