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Perfection?
Elusive Proposition
By
Reno Litterio |
Quincy
— Let’s start with your face. Have
you looked into a mirror, covering one side and then the
other? You’ll notice that there is a difference, no matter
how minute, nothing is symmetrical.
Forecasting atmospheric weather changes is never purely
accurate, even with the up-to-date instrumentation.
A doctor’s diagnostic tests and his evaluation are based
solely on his education, experience and interpretation.
Our planet earth in our solar system is not a perfect
sphere, but is a form slightly flattened at the poles called
oblate spheroid, which is caused by centrifugal force
resulting from the rotation of the earth around its polar
axis.
Having spent many years behind a drafting table, using a
straight edge, T-square, triangle, steel edge ruler and H,
HB pencils, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ve acquired a
certain degree of accuracy. In the late fifties and sixties,
before the computer came into its full potential, everything
was done manually. No matter what the project was, we always
tried for a certain degree of excellence, according to a
given standard, but still only as good as our talent. Was it
perfect? No! Perfection is a person or thing that is the
perfect embodiment of quality.
When our standards of quality are compromised, by lack of
interest, unprofessional standards, greed and misuse of
time, and other elements within the execution of any given
project, you may be sure there is no perfection.
The Id, part of our psyche, is the source of instinctual
drives and of psychic energy. It is dominated by pleasure
and wishing, its impulses are combined in the development of
the ego and super ego. Each of us comes to the light of day
with imperfections. No one is perfect.
“Perfection is man’s ultimate illusion, it simply doesn’t
exist. If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be
a loser in whatever you do.”
David Burns, M.D. |
About The Author
Reno J. Litterio
is the previous Editor and Publisher of The Constellation
Newsletter. Litterio was the co-founder of the Ward 4 Senior
Citizens Social Group in Quincy in 1992 and is now chairman
and Director of the group. You can reach Mr. Litterio at
renowarior@aol.com.
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