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Writing Challenge — Day 3
A story of a guy roaming on this planet
Starting to grasp a bit of this by now. Not in the way I would like it, but “practice makes permanent”, as Les Brown once rephrased the classical “practice makes perfect”. Perfect is a bit inhumane. Anti-nature, even. We aim so high, at those sort of perfect standards to always feel like we fell short on them… Because, in reality, aiming for perfection is a mistake in the first place. As we grow more and more fond of the idea that it is better done than perfect, reality shows us one thing — as the evolving humans we are, that perfection is not achievable for one simple fact: there will always be something that we don’t know yet that we will discover, that could be added to make what we did even better. It is a never-ending cycle. The infinite loop of evolution and growth. Perhaps, the only perfect thing in our existence is the imperfection that makes us strive to achieve more.
Today, I go back. To my story. With 47 more days ahead of us, I wanna go through as many details and subjects as possible, but not without, in the first place, giving myself to be known. Deeply than the first post, which was just an appetizer, really.
So, let’s dive in. More on me. I grew up in a very nice environment, fortunately. Family and people-wise, at least. The worst part was me, really. I felt so out of place. Like a missing…
