Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder and perfection lies in the self analysis of the person. Perfection is a subjective term which needs self judgement and understanding. Here the main point is what is perfection? What makes one perfect? Is being perfect what we are aiming for? Is that is the goal we are training ourselves to reach? Let us understand the concept of perfect or perfection drawn from being perfect by the Oxford dictionary– “ Perfect is an adjective which means having everything that is necessary, complete and without faults or weaknesses in perfect condition. Again according to Cambridge dictionary it means something which is complete and correct in every way, of the best possible type or without fault.
The whole perfection terminology is a very subjective term what may be perfect for me may be imperfect to its zenith for you. It varies differently to different people. Let us analyse better with examples — if we take the example of a day like sunny day with full of yellow golden rays of the sun peeping through the windows of melon afternoon, here the clothes are drying up faster and birds chirping and there is a passion in the air. A positive air may be this be a perfect day for office goes and also the housewives. Since for the housewives drying out clothes and drying other necessity items is of utmost importance. Also for office goers having a beautiful sunny and bright weather is something of added benefit which serves for them as a perfect beautiful day. Again a rainy day can be the best and most beautiful day for someone staying at home , can have ‘khichdi with acchar and papad’ and day dream the whole day by looking at the window and window panes. So with this simple example we can understand that perfection is a very own concept which means it is a typical concept of ones own concept of being perfect.
There is a saying which says either believe everyone is perfect or no one is then it’s alright. If i think I am perfect then it is right because according to me the way i am the way i carry myself the way my thoughts are governed and each and every detailing of me makes me who I am and I am happy and satisfied then i accept myself of who I am and I am perfect. Again if it is just the opposite I cannot accept my skin tone, my weight, my height, my character or anything else which is making who I am then I am not accepting myself.
The main point is you are what you are and no one should dictate you for the wrong through any kind of evil of the society like body shaming , racial or caste discrimination or anything. If you feel perfect well and fine yours glory but if you feel you want to change yourself then that change should come from within and that change should not be dictated by someone else. Yes here to make you understand ignition of changes may be motivational or inspirational but never dictatorship. Your perfection is yours completely and fine.
Let us feel proud together for who we are and for what are in this pretty little world and let us find our own perfection or conditions that will be best for us and help us to attend the ultimate perfection. And the concept of perfection should be our own concept as discussed very earlier. There is another quote which says we are born perfect but situations made us imperfect or rather situations were so that helped us to take imperfect decisions. What I think is it is a subjective concept and many people thinks differently based on the same topic or same thought provoking topic. Perfection is a simple concept but there are certain people who makes it a panic concept who wants to attend the ultimate perfection. There are also Sadhus found who think they are perfect by doing meditation all day and night. Also there are humans rather people who thinks there are nothing called God. They believe that everything is present in humans and for them it is perfection. It is what they believe in. The main point here is we cannot mark anyone as wrong or right it is the belief which comes from within like a crazy blow of air and makes who we are.
Again whatever happens for gaining perfection may not be right all the time and being sensible consumers we need to understand this and understand this theory that perfection brings us joy till then till it comes within ourselves within our spirit and within our own family or relatives or growth. When we were in school teachers or friends used to tell us you are not perfect, your handwriting is not perfect, your dress is not perfect and there are many things which were not perfect and later on we understood that those things were not ultimate for us and those doesnt define who we are. As said it is something the joy of ones own being or ones own being perfect.
In India perfection is a very beautiful concept if we go out from our house we will be able to see lots of variation in each and everything is perfect on the beholder. Just by crossing of a road we say , the man has not drove properly or sometimes we say what a driver so smooth and perfect. It varies according to our experiences and situations. Just like beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder in the same way perfection lies to the one who carries it of. Again if we do some kind of mistakes and think that is cool to be imperfect than a perfect advice from our so called loving seniors is all we want. Perfection keeps us discipline. A strict norm or fashion is required to keep us healthy and hence perfect.
India is a developing nation here it is very difficult to attain any kind of perfection but who leaves the ground without a battle. Everyone of us try to attend perfection in our own field but how many of us can? Probably before attending perfection we are happy. Happy for our own growth and development. Happy because we get to learn a ton of things which we havent learnt before probably. Understanding the difference in between perfection and happiness is important. Perfection means to reach ones goal and such a goal where no more rectification is required and happiness is something which comes from within from inside from our own mind , soul and body.. We are human beings we do mistakes we do blunders we do things we shouldn’t have had done that means we are not perfect we are not the ones we want to gain perfection. We are normal human beings we are the ones who have a lot of mistakes and probably within this realm of mistakes we learn a lot and understand a lot and in the process some people gain perfection and some doesnot want to gain perfection in the long run. Its their choice of life and we should not judge.
Written by Sayoni Mahapatra Chatterji
Early Morning Memories 