If perfection was obtainable, would you want it?

Question

A perfect life, hair, clothes, personality and everything else. Personally I wouldn’t I’m already perfect at one thing; being an imperfection ;)

Perfection is just boring.

I know perfection is subjective, when I said perfection I meant a fairy-tale like life that's absolutely flawless. How can say this? Where everything is predictable and nobody has any issues. You know that movie, with Jim Carey starring in it “The Truman Show”. His life was “perfect” until he found out it was fake. A life like that, that’s what I meant by the question, but thanks for being literal.

Answer 1

No thank you. Imperfection is the spice of life.

Answer 2

Yes, and then my mission in life would be to help others become perfect like me. Just kidding!

I want to be an original, unique person - that means I want to be me.

Here are The One and Only lyrics by Chesney Hawkes

I am the one and only
Oh yeah

Call me
Call me by my name or
Call me by number
You put me through it
I'll still be doing it the way I do it
And yet you try to make me forget
Who I really am
Don't tell me I know best
I'm not the same as all the rest

I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only
You can't take that away from me

I've been a player in the crowd scene
A flicker on the big screen
My soul embraces
One more in a million faces
High hopes and aspirations ideas
Above my station maybe
But all this time I've tried
To walk with dignity and pride

I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only
You can't take that away from me

I can't wear this uniform
Without some compromises
Because you'll find out that we come
In different shapes and sizes
No one can be myself like I can
For this job I'm the best man
And while this may be true
You are the one and only you

I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only
You can't take that away from me

I am the one and only I am the one and only
Nobody I'd rather be
I am the one and only The one and only
You can't take that away from me

Answer 3

I believe I already have it. Perfect is an idea of everything being exactly how it's supposed to, to my mind. To some that means a quixotic idea of a sparkling world of peace and goodness, and to others that simply means everything going the way it's supposed to. Being that humans are bound to their perspectives and can only see through that, however they've learned to view the world, pessimistically or optimistically, will directly affect their view of perfection and much else within their lives.

Answer 4

Great question.

Looking at it philosophically, I think there would be no life, not even a boring one! Life is defined by inconsistency, imperfection and impermanence. If all is perfect, the world would be simply inanimate.

At an individual level, total perfection would wipe out individuality which gets defined by the presence of imperfections and inconsistencies and uncertainties.

Answer 5

reminds me of that biblical proverb i cant remeber exactly how it goes but, you have to keep living up to it once you achieve it. Pretty much tells the truth of why people fall to pieces when things go wrong. That was the only thing they were perfect at.

Answer 6

There is no such a thing as absolout perfection. For example if you are perfect at telling the truth then you can not lie, thus you are not perfect, because you can not lie.

Answer 7

No, because it perfection would get boring after awhile. Mistakes and flaws and disaster spice things up a bit.

Answer 8

the term perfection is subjective from a persons point of view, what one may consider perfect another may feel is inadequate

Answer 9

for me, perfection refers to an ideal or goal. so, for example, i want to play a song on my guitar "perfectly", or i want to make no errors on my tax return.

most of the time, though, trying to be perfect, say, socially, backfires because this approach usually turns out to be like playing a role, which is artificial and not the real "me".

Answer 10

No. Because then there would be no more room for growth and improvement. Stagnation would be the result. Then again, if I were perfect it probably wouldn't bother me (or if it did, that would be proof enought that I wasn't perfect).