A couple of days back I had this realization. And it was a surprising revelation, things which you have taken to be perfect - suddenly their perfection is shattered before you. You see the faults so clearly, and it lets you down.
Can there be anything, anyperson that is perfect? In any sense of the word? I would have agreed until a few days ago, not now.
Let me just consider people right now. Have you ever looked up to someone as really perfect? And then come to realize that it was just an illusion of perfection? It left me stranded and confused. And now that I think of it, I have had two occurances of this happening in the last few years. How do you react to such a situation? Do you become cynical and stop thinking of people as role models or people you look up to? Or do you live with the fact and be wiser the next time?
I guess whichever option you decide to go for, there is going to be hurt that you will have to withstand.
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very true realization... nothing is perfect, not just people. e.g. in the real world, a perfect straight line isn't possible, it's just an idea. even if you take a laser line tracer, it's not perfect, it diverges even over small distance, but for most practical things, it is fairly accurate.
perfection is relative. it is an idea that we use to make things easy to understand and deal with. similarly, i don't think there is anything wrong with role modes: they are just an idea, relative at best and not real.
btw, have to ask, what do you do?
Hey,
sorry for the late reply...haven't blogged in a while :)
thanks for the perspective. i guess we all need it at times in life. i hate to say its cliched but i work as a software engineer :)
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