friends with new people or something as crazy as sky diving or bungee jumping. Spend some time outside you comfort zone. Always remember‚ we only get to live once so better make the best of it. 4. Stop trying to be perfect! Perfection is actually a mind trap. Perfection means that you have reached the end of your journey‚ which in a human’s case
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Period 3 Ben Franklin Autobiography B) Franklin’s goal was to seek moral perfection‚ this helped him come in contact with success‚ although he did have many failures. In Franklin’s journey to reach perfection he ended up fixing many problems. “While my care was employed in guarding against one fault‚ I was often surprised by another.” Every time he fixed a problem a new one would occur. This made him relies human perfection is not possible. On the positive side‚ along his journey Franklin’s moral
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enough‚ and this causes his self-worth to diminish over time. Joe longs for a perfect life‚ with a perfect career and for his interests to be satisfied. Everything down to the expensive wine at the picnic suggests Joe seeks perfection. Similarly‚ Clarissa also seeks perfection but instead‚ strives for the ideal romance‚ idealised by her literary idol‚ John Keats. McEwan focuses on a breakdown of communication throughout the middle section of the novel. Any conversations between the couple are
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Those that are determined to obtain the perfect image get into bad debt trying to meet the standard of perfection causing more stress. If we focus on self acceptance ‚ their would not be so many social problems. Parents and teachers need to teach children that it is ok to be themselves. And they don’t have to look like Britney Spears or Justin Beaver to be
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As life goes on‚ things get more complicated. You are no longer a child‚ but an adult who faces reality. To you‚ real life is nothing like fairy tales. Problems are not being easily solved and confusions are everywhere. There is never a long period of rest and peace. You should always be aware of everything preventing you to live an easy life. Moments of sadness and misery are much more frequent than those of happiness‚ filling your head with indescribable madness. Life is not only black and white
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Theme in “The Birth Mark” and “Girl” In “The Birth Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Jamaica Kincaid “Girl”‚ the theme gives a sense of meaning and importance in the two short stories. The theme of striving for perfection is what shapes the characters and makes them act in different ways. In “The Birth Mark”‚ Aylmer‚ being the main character‚ wants his wife‚ Georgiana‚ to be viewed as flawless so he does everything in his power to remove the birth mark that she is possessed with. In “Girl”
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American Perfection What does it mean to be successful? Is success measured by our material possessions or by our achievements? There are many contrasting views of what an accomplished man or woman looks like. One of such is the overpowering belief that being well-to-do looks like a mansion‚ a fanciful car and designer lifestyle. While there are some who have humbler aspirations‚ the more decorated variation has been the prevailing ideal. This underlying craving for a far off or out of reach status
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There were three ideas and values that defined Greek culture; rationalism‚ idealism and humanism. These values were a large part of their society‚ infusing the people so deeply that it showed in everything from politics to art. Rationalism‚ a theory of intellect and reason being the key source of knowledge‚ was evident in the Greek’s architecture and the way they viewed themselves‚ humans. Idealism brought out the best of all the abilities of the Greeks‚ only viewing and thinking about things in
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well power‚ faith‚ tolerance‚ positive approach‚ self confidence and dedication. The quality that prepares one for all other qualities is practice. One should not stop practicing and be satisfied until one achieves perfection. Practice is the best way by which one can achieve perfection. Practice makes one feel and understand the same idea or thing again and again. The more one practices‚ the more errorless one becomes. One doesn’t repeat the errors that were done previously. Practice begins in the
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Aylmer is intimidated by Georgiana‚ "Aylmer...fears sexuality" (p445)‚ specifically feminine sexuality. Aylmer is concerned with controlling his wife‚ and her appearance. This shows the theme of men versus women. Aylmer saw Georgiana as an object of perfection‚ with the exception of the birthmark. Before he met her‚ all of his heart went towards science‚ and the art of perfecting nature‚ "possessed this degree of faith in man ’s ultimate control over nature" (p 29). This illustrates his obsession with
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