INNER WISDOM

The pursuit of perfection

Stephanie Leung

The human endeavor never ends.

Michelangelo Buonarroti’s The Creation of Adam (circa 1511), Wikimedia Commons

The irony of perfection

The irony of perfection is that it is unattainable, and yet it is the very thing that pushes human beings to reach for their birthright, for their ultimate design, for what is innately divine.

To pursue perfection presents the desire to reach the highest level of mastery, and yet ironically, it requires the deepest level of humility—being fully aware that its attainment is an illusion in itself.

Perfection pushes human beings to reach for their birthright…for what is innately divine.

Humility and Wisdom

Achieving excellence in any field is a human endeavor, but attaining its highest form of perfection is a task beyond human ability. It requires a level of wisdom we cannot understand.

Mastery and the pursuit of perfection is still a level below the attainment of perfection, which belongs to a realm above humanity.

True perfection cannot be attained by humans, but only pursued. Many talented individuals are gifted with the seed of mastery, but this gift is a reminder of what is possible with the presence of divine assistance.

Those who have been given this gift (and we all have this potential), are also given the necessity of wisdom to wield it.

True perfection cannot be attained by human beings, but only pursued.

Those who have been given the gift of mastery have also been given the necessity of wisdom to wield it.