Perfectly Challenged

The human race is flawed. Each and every one of us. We are flawed in our basic ability to live and love. Call it whatever fancy words we want, we only use them to mask our imperfections below a cloud of denial, and yet carry the completely unjustified ability to expect the world out of those around us.

We do not know how to be perfect, how to live a perfect life, how to treat ourselves perfectly, or how to treat others perfectly for that matter. We will never be able to do any of these things. Although the world and everyone in it expects this from us, all the time, no exceptions. We fail to deliver, most times, if not every time. We are just not the person people expect us to be. Even those who love us don’t really love ‘us’. They love the idea of a perfect us. And we are never perfect, we only pretend to be, strive to be, long to be perfect. We live our entire lives in either pursuit or pretense of perfection. And one day we die, only more flawed than on the day we were born.

The irony of the situation is, we do to others what others do to us. Inspite of all our inherent flaws, we expect perfection, from everyone, all the time, no exceptions. Perhaps we do this as an escape route from facing our own inabilities. We cover our ‘guilt’ of not being able to reach up, by witnessing others not being able to reach up. And thereby we brace ourselves to face our tomorrows – not by the power of our strengths, but by the weaknesses of those around us.

What part do we play here? Are we the victims, or are we the culprits? Whoever we may be, there will never be a time when we will excel at everything at once, and everyone that matters will be happy with who we are. Likewise, there will never be a time when we will be completely content with everyone around us that matters.

Perfection? – Myth Busted.