Picture Perfect

We tend to gravitate towards perfection. We like to see beautiful strokes of art on a canvas. We want the most impeccable photo of scenery in a place we've been. The food we want to eat has to be a perfect blend of flavor while looking spectacular. When visitors visit our homes, we want it to be spotless (including made beds). Babies on Facebook seem to sleep all the time and are perfect creatures that don't need any care. Millions of likes on Instagram and other social networks show that we are nearly obsessed with an "ideal" body-type. We want to be in relationships with everything comes easy and nothing goes wrong.

While we want to view the sight of perfection, we often forget how much time and effort often goes into the final result. Does the time and effort spent on the result diminish the worthiness? In my mind, it actually increases the meaningfulness of the outcome. That's why I don't understand our obsession to hide the struggles and energy spent accomplishing these feats. Do we want to mislead others around us by portraying it as effortless?

Personally, I love hearing the stories of how someone got to where they are in life, and the tough decisions that they had to make especially when priorities in life had to be made. I expect to hear the struggles and obstacles they had to go through because otherwise, it almost seems fiction. So what was my hardest decision so far? Choosing to move to Indiana. With that in hindsight, I can say I absolutely have no regrets, even if the following picture is bewildering:

Maybe we don't want to display any signs of issues to prevent others from getting involved or avoid burdening others. Is the purpose of having close friends to seek relief by expressing it outward or getting advice? If we told everyone we knew our problems, we wouldn't have time or be sane enough to function outside of our relationships.