The pursuit of perfection

here are myriad ways in which our culture, whether explicitly or more insidiously, sets an expectation of perfection. Whether it’s an emphasis on chasing a perfect score, embodying an often-unattainable physical attribute or standard, or never making a mistake in one’s professional endeavors. Understandably, one may feel immense pressure to be the perfect child, the perfect partner, the perfect student, the perfect captain, or the perfect practitioner of one’s faith, whatever that may look like.