Monday, March 12, 2012

Perfect Goal



Perfection is the candy bar held in front of a kid's face beginning at a young age. From an adolescent age we are teased with the unrealistic goal of attaining perfection. The constance determination to be better than someone else. As a child who has grown up in a competitive environment-- fighting to be the best is unfortunately not a foreign concept. Receiving the highest grades, sporting the most stylish clothes, having the best features all accumulate together to create the fake image of a quintessential person or woman in particular. However, the piece of information that is left out when this goal is set is that this unrealistic goal will never and has never been reached before. We all strive for this end target without thinking about the larger image. It never occurring to us that maybe, from too young an age, we are being too hard on ourselves and that perhaps this unreachable aspiration is too high set and that it may create unnecessary strain on our lives to come. This idea of perfection comes from not only the people who surround us or the people we visualize on TV but this programmed person within each of us. It is as though we disregard our education on the understanding that flaws are the characteristics that make us who we are. And by the time we have wiped those imperfections away we are on the race track to reach perfection first. It is that voice within you that mumbles "your not as skinny! your not as pretty! Honey, you are NOT as smart.." What you need to learn to respond with to that inner competitive friend is "But I am beautiful! and I am smart! And I am who I am. And I am who I want to be." Never question who you are just because you are not the same person as the girl sitting next to you. Perfection is an interesting concept--partly because no one can fathom such a distant idea. We are all in competition with each other, or so we say! When it comes down to the core of the issue, the only person we are all in rivalry with is our own inner self. However, always working towards a goal is what keeps a human running, there is nothing wrong about it. When we feel a cause, we feel importance. We feel needed. Perfection or any other unrealistic goal is not a necessarily negative thing one can bring into their life. The word itself would never have been created if someone out there did not see a need. It is the process one takes to getting to this finish line that creates the importance of this constant competition. Break down that wall of self-consciousness, overcome that inner voice, understand that flaws add to personality and without them we would have a cookie cutter society. Setting realistic goals for ones self is vital in success. Set a goal to make a difference. Set a goal to become the understanding person you have always wanted to be. Set goals you can be proud of. Never rush to the finish line, because in the grand scheme of life there is no race. Forget time, do what it is needed. Set realistic goals. Be someone who is imperfect and strive to let those around you understand that because you are not perfect you are someone different and therefore someone to be proud of..