Everything Can Be Perfect!!
Most dictionaries define perfect as flawless. Hey, wake up! In this random world that we live in, nothing is created perfectly. The word ‘perfect’ is probably one of the most abused words in the entire dictionary. Not even flawless is entirely flawless.
We call an object – living or lifeless – ‘perfect’ simply because it meets a certain set of parameters we have defined as being flawless; a set of criteria that contains elements that may not satisfy the next person and other elements that may not even be important to somebody else. Therefore, perfect is relative to what we require it to be and may change from time to time.
But let us assume that we have an object that meets all your criteria of being perfect and you may say it is perfect. Then what happens we place another object next to it that not only meets the requirements of being perfect but exceeds it? Is the first object then less perfect? It appears that what we describe as being perfect actually translates to ‘adequate for the intended purpose’.
It is easy to be a perfectionist – after all, it is only our own standards that apply; all we need is a good proportion of narcissism, inflexibility, intolerance, selfishness and righteousness. But it is a lonely life, for those are the properties that will alienate us from the people around us. Not that it would matter; perfectionists treasure their own company.
The bottom line is that if we are going to set impossible parameters for what is perfect while rejecting everybody and everything that that is not ‘perfect’, we are not only going to waste a lot of time chasing unreachable goals, but we are going to lose out on a lot of fun.
A wonderful day to ya all!
Comments (15)
Catfect?
How about purrfect?
Catfect sounded more like what they would leave in the cat litter
Good blog. I think what you summarize is definitely an opinion of someone's perception of perfect and I also agree that characteristically it is pointing to a self absorbed individual which equals are narcissist in most cases
You won't know how hard it is to be a perfectionist. With nobody else to admire, one has to admire yourself. And people can be so thoughtless to have few or no large mirrors at their homes. This is why you often find us at parties, anchored to the same place all night in order to stay aligned with a mirror.
I'm here smiling at the description you gave, mainly because I know someone like that.
I'm perfect
I guess we perfectionists are all the same. I suppose we have to be if we are all perfect.
Of course you are, Sweetie! That is why I enjoy our dates so much. We have so much in common. We don't need to go to expensive places. All we need is an evening out window-shopping in a shopping mall with plenty of large display windows. So much opportunity to look at ourselves. And if there is a mirror in one of those display windows, it is a bargain.
hell yeah...so when are going shopping again?
Eichhh!! I have just squandered my latest pay check on another broad, but I promise the next one will be with you again.
Ill hold on to that promise