How The Hunger for Perfection Ruins The Quality of Life

No matter where you go, you will always find people who are willing to change themselves for the sake of being admired by other people. I have been one of those people in the past and I'm pretty sure you have too. It's something we don't admit out in the open, but deep inside are all aware of. Especially in this modern era of social networking where your self worth is judged based on the number of likes and follows you have, we are constantly trying to fit into categories in order to be admired, seen, praised, and paid attention to by other people. Even though it might seem completely normal and harmless to strive for perfection, it usually gives out quite the opposite effect.

The irony of perfection is how so many people try to reach something that doesn't even exist. As Stephen Hawking once said and I quote: One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist. Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.Imagine this: You live in a world where everything and everyone is perfect. Nothing is even remotely flawed or defected and everyone looks exactly like our general perception of a perfect human. At first thought, the idea sounds pretty cool, right? But soon after when you start to see a bigger picture, you will realize just how horrific and terrible it can really be. Everyone, though being perfect, would look terribly insignificant as they look exactly like every other person and there's no uniqueness left in the world. Now look at our world; a world with all kinds of people with different personalities, different ethnicities, different cultures and different lifestyles. Everyone gives out a distinct aura that is the reflection of the person they truly are, and that's exactly what uniqueness is all about. Perfection, on the other hand, ruins our individuality and causes us to want to become something that we are not. It causes us to strive for admiration when instead we should be striving for self-affection.Think of people as colors. Just like how there is no perfect color, there is no perfect kind of person either. Each color has its own individual style, individual characteristic, and serves a different purpose, just like people do.

Even the most beautiful of things in the world have some irregularities or flaws in them which separates them from everything else. Again, same goes for us humans. For us, we differ by a lot of things, especially our scars. Not just the physical ones, but the ones that are now a part of our very being. Many people believe in hiding their scars because they are afraid to reveal their true selves in front of the world and would rather keeping hiding them by constantly trying to be perfect in the eyes of others than confronting their fear of being imperfect and broken. The way I see it, scars are stories that are usually left unsaid. Think about it. Every single one of us in our lives has faced something so severe that we can't go back to being the person we once were, and that's exactly what makes us so beautiful. To know how behind every face, there is a tale that is yet to be told.No matter where you go, you will always find people who are willing to change themselves for the sake of being admired by other people. I have been one of those people in the past and I'm pretty sure you have too. It's something we don't admit out in the open, but deep inside are all aware of. Especially in this modern era of social networking where your self worth is judged based on the number of likes and follows you have, we are constantly trying to fit into categories in order to be admired, seen, praised, and paid attention to by other people. Even though it might seem completely normal and harmless to strive for perfection, it usually gives out quite the opposite effect.

The irony of perfection is how so many people try to reach something that doesn't even exist. As Stephen Hawking once said and I quote: One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist. Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.Imagine this: You live in a world where everything and everyone is perfect. Nothing is even remotely flawed or defected and everyone looks exactly like our general perception of a perfect human. At first thought, the idea sounds pretty cool, right? But soon after when you start to see a bigger picture, you will realize just how horrific and terrible it can really be. Everyone, though being perfect, would look terribly insignificant as they look exactly like every other person and there's no uniqueness left in the world. Now look at our world; a world with all kinds of people with different personalities, different ethnicities, different cultures and different lifestyles. Everyone gives out a distinct aura that is the reflection of the person they truly are, and that's exactly what uniqueness is all about. Perfection, on the other hand, ruins our individuality and causes us to want to become something that we are not. It causes us to strive for admiration when instead we should be striving for self-affection.Think of people as colors. Just like how there is no perfect color, there is no perfect kind of person either. Each color has its own individual style, individual characteristic, and serves a different purpose, just like people do.

Even the most beautiful of things in the world have some irregularities or flaws in them which separates them from everything else. Again, same goes for us humans. For us, we differ by a lot of things, especially our scars. Not just the physical ones, but the ones that are now a part of our very being. Many people believe in hiding their scars because they are afraid to reveal their true selves in front of the world and would rather keeping hiding them by constantly trying to be perfect in the eyes of others than confronting their fear of being imperfect and broken. The way I see it, scars are stories that are usually left unsaid. Think about it. Every single one of us in our lives has faced something so severe that we can't go back to being the person we once were, and that's exactly what makes us so beautiful. To know how behind every face, there is a tale that is yet to be told.