Out of the three images for our assignment, I chose the photograph that depicts perfectionism for my blog post. In this photograph you instantly recognize the objects involved. Both scissors and grass and common items seen daily. Just imagining cutting a lawn with only a pair of scissors is mentally tiring. Not to mention physically tiring if you were to ever actually try the unimaginable time consuming task. Just looking and this photograph makes me tired and frustrated.
This image is a 'perfect' dipiction of perfectionism. Think about it. Although you MAY get a perfect, leveled lawn - it's pointless to even try. (Plus, the probablity of you messing up is VERY high.) The amout of energy and time it would take you would not be worth. Not only because in the eyes of your neighbors a scissors cut lawn and a mower cut lawn would look the same, but also by the time you were getting towards the end of cutting your lawn with a pair of scissors, you would have to start over because the lawn which you have already cut would probably be starting to grow back again. The vicious cycle is never ending and can truly make a person go mad.
A lawn mower can do a perfectly good job. Why can't we be satisfied with doing our best rather than going to great lengths which will get the same response from the people we're trying to please. In cases where we're trying to please ourselves, it's usless wasting our time and energy reaching for perfection. It's impossible and we will never be happy.
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