Perfection

 

I remember a friend of mine who suffered a congenital illness and his body presented some deformities that made him feel bad. Especially during his school years for his classmates were very mean to him. He suffered a lot for that and he decided he would begin a quest to find perfection.

If he had not a perfect body, he would find perfection in other areas of his being. So, he decided to practice several sports so he could get a better physique, and he became a good boxer with great muscles. He even represented his country in the Olympic Games.

But he did not feel that his quest was complete. Having a strong body and Olympic medals was not enough and he told me he did not feel even close to perfection.

So, he saved money to try correcting his physical problems and went to visit different plastic surgeons who helped him to have a physique more to his liking.  He obtained a better look but he still had an emptiness inside his soul.

He decided to try acting and studied with good teachers, because of his impressive frame, he was able to get some good parts in films in Hollywood and other countries too, so I thought he would have successfully reached his goal.

But when I talked to him, he told me that he still felt too far from his aspiration.

His search became more and more desperate and he reached a point where he felt it was an impossible pursuit.

Whatever he did, he never felt he was Would you like to read more of this and other similar articles? Please click here