Being perfectly imperfect in an imperfectly perfect world

The question whether we should be perfect is a question that should never arise. I live in East Asia, where perfection is firmly engrained in parenting and education, and I witness its sometimes destructive power on an almost daily basis. In my programs on Meaningful Youth Engagement I meet a great number of young people — and there is hardly anybody who doesn’t complain about the constant pressure of parent-and-society-imagined perfection. If people feel locked-up, constrained, crammed, caged, unappreciated, lastingly discontent, and generally unhappy — it is the constant hammering of the nail to perfection that brings them there.

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