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Perfection?

In Psychology we believe that perfection can and should be attained. Perfection could be defined as the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects while a person or thing might be perceived as the embodiment of such a condition, state or quality.
               The word "perfection" has a special meaning in mathematics,  where it gives aproper name to certain numbers that demonstrate uncommon properties. Except for the mathematical sense, the concepts of "perfection" show a kinship, and oscillate between ideal and approximation. Perfectionists are people who strive to meet very high standards in everything they do, be it in the workplace, in sport, cooking and so on. Perfectionists can be lumped into two categories based on how flexible they are about their standards. Normal perfectionists set high standards for themselves but drop their standards if the situation requires it. Neurotic perfectionists never feel that they have done their job well enough. They are very intolerant of mistakes and extremely self-critical. Seeking Perfection looks at what happens when a hobby becomes an obsession and gets out of control. Striving for perfection is the desire that we all have to fulfill our potentials, to come closer and closer to our ideal.

Perfectionism can be a beneficial or destructive, desire or obsession to be the best.We all seek if not for perfection, and then at least for some kind of personal progress that can bring us joy, contentment and happiness. A person should be understood also in terms of his or her goals, for activities progressively modify and transform one in relation to the perfection of which one is by nature capable and which one freely chooses.

All the persons are conscious of perfection that they do not possess, but toward which they are dynamically oriented. The path of simplicity does invites everyone, with no exceptions, to journey along its way, and this is what we must do, accept the path, in the knowledge that it is progress that we are seeking and not perfection.

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