Why do we always strive to be perfect? We want to be the best of the best, la crème de la crème. We want to be impeccable. We want to have perfect families, we want to go to perfect schools, we want to be perfect people.
When your shoes are perfect, they fit you just right and they feel so good. When your schoolwork is perfect, all the teachers smile at you and you know you are smart. When your friends are perfect, they support you when you need it and they make you laugh when you need it. When your life is perfect, you feel like you are on top of the world.
But life wasn't made to be perfect. We are supposed to make mistakes, and mistakes sure aren't perfect. Steps in the wrong direction should lead us to the right direction. Wrongdoings teach us important feelings like remorse and regret and sorrow and compunction and shame. Imperfections strengthen us. Because no one on this earth is perfect. No one.
And yet, the idea of perfection remains appealing. We think of an ideal life in our heads and these images of perfection can't seem to be shaken, no matter how many times we tell ourselves that nobody is flawless. And even though life isn't really meant to be perfect, we can't help but wish it was.
Why?
Because when the idea of something seems so perfect, it's hard to let it go.
