What Does It Mean To Be Perfect

Perfect: an individual having quality, or characteristics that are good as it possibly can; “a state of flawlessness without any defects” (Schwartz). The word perfect was derived in 1250-1300 in Middle English, Latin, and Old French, all across the same meaning was that perfect means to “bring to completion” (dictionary.com). Perfect is a simple word, yet everyone strives for it and many fail. Individuals may be in denial, thinking they do not want to be perfect, but looking at the media and society can pressure many to be perfect. The concept of being perfect is that it's just a concept, we are human and we will make mistakes. Being perfect doesn't allow you to make mistakes, we have to be on our toes making sure everything is precise. Being perfect means to be flawless, it’s an unhealthy concept, and will lead to unhappiness, so is being perfect worth all the stress? Perfect may seem simple to accomplish, just buy a white picket fence house, have a family, while having a high wage salary. That’s the idea of a perfect life, and being perfect means to have everything at it’s best all the time. Individuals trying to be perfect will act as a perfect family outside doors, but we don’t know the realities behind closed doors of the
When we are close to reaching the goal of being perfect, we feel optimistic and believe you can do it, but after reaching only so far you lose self esteem realizing you cannot accomplish everything you wish. Young women and adolescents look at society’s expectations of the perfect body, thus making them unhappy and feeling less desirable because their body isn’t as perfect as the airbrushed models on magazines. Trying to strive for perfection only leads to a heart being broken and unhappiness because it’s unattainable and