Perfect. It's the only thing that, to most people, should ideally describe everything. Except it doesn't.
"Nobody's perfect. I am nobody."
Ever heard someone say that? Yeah, lame ain't it? No further comment. :P
"Practice makes perfect."
True that, but everybody has different ideas of perfect. From a perfect music performance to a perfect score in a test.
We all strive for perfection, and in the eyes of others, few people achieve it. But to the most competitive athletes or musicians, there is no such thing as perfection. If they had achieved perfection, they would stop learning. Their constant mental reminders of "that's not good enough" pushes them to set the bar higher, not in order to achieve perfection, but to improve themselves. To them, perfection is the very limit. Take it away, and you could be so much more. More than perfect. More than what they thought they could do. But most of all, more than what others thought they could achieve.
That oughta shut 'em up. Don't you just love it when you prove people wrong? :P
