Perfection is something we all attain to in life. It is the ultimate achievement for a person in life. What exactly is perfection, can perfection be universal? how does one achieve perfection?
Perfection is defined as a state of completeness and flawlessness. Fair enough but can it be universal? This must depend on the people defining it. Allow me to give some examples to you.
A diamond is perfect isn’t it? Most people would say yes but in reality this isn’t the case. A diamond can and does have internal flaws so unless you buy an exceptionally expensive and rare internally flawless diamond then it can’t truly be called perfect.
My daughters were perfect. Yes even my eldest daughter with her over developed cheeks. Others may look at a slimy tiny baby with over developed cheeks and think completely different (although they would be wrong in my daughters case). Anyone who has had children is going to think their babies are perfect.
Get a hundred percent on a test and you will have achieved perfection. You can’t do any better can you? In theory no you can’t but we need to look at the wider picture. To truly achieve perfection in an academic subject you need to achieve one hundred percent at the highest level. This doesn’t take away from your achievement but how many times have you heard on the news reports of people claiming G.C.S.E’s and A levels are getting easier.
Classical music and the opera. A soprano achieving the highest note in an aria may move someone to tears. Is this perfection? You may leave the performance thinking that the soprano has achieved perfection by hitting F7 which would be a compliment to the performer. However is it really perfection? Scientifically hitting the right note at the right pitch could be called perfect but it isn’t beautiful. Most performers are always looking for ways to improve so achieving perfection is impossible.
One can’t judge oneself perfect, only others may do that. Perfection is what most people desire for but most if not all will never actually realise. The desire to improve oneself is fundemental to most people, my question is that if you do achieve perfection then what?
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