Perfection

We work so hard to make the perfect world. We build and we cure and we nurture and we design, all for the sake of making our lives easier and more convenient. More "good." And I innately have the desire to be perfect and work perfection into the world. But what does that mean? Does it mean that I build the perfect buildings and bridges with elevators and moving walkways? Does it mean I keep all disease from entering the world and give everyone the most healthy and virus resistant bodies? Does it mean I protect unconditionally and shield all evil from those around me?

Maybe God was onto something when he said that the greatest thing is love. Maybe it's not necessarily the pursuit of an easy life that's important, but what's best for people? Again, you hit this idea of perfection. So how do we strive for a better world and more Good world?

I don't strive to make the world easier technologically. I will strive for the medical field but I have to ask myself: what will be my duty? Is it simply to prevent the body from getting hurt, put it back in working order when something goes wrong, and make plans for how to avoid sickness in the future? What happens when we take that approach with life? If we think it's wrong to shield our children from all evil and keep them from experiencing hardships in their lives, why would it be any different for or physical bodies? When I decide to work on a persons body, somehow I need to work on their lives. Medicine has to be more holistic than that: my job will not be just to heal physically, but also spiritually, mentally, and emotionally as well. I will be a servant for a human being, not just their body.

How do we serve the world: striving to do what's right for them? It can't be in fixing everything. Sometimes we have to let people struggle. Sometimes we have to know when it's time to die, to strive, time to let collapse. We are so set on making and changing and perfecting that we lose track of something. We lose track of the main goal and what we're supposed to be striving for solely. What is it that we're supposed to strive for as a society and as an individual in the world? How do we strive for perfection?

I want to strive for perfection: but not the world's view. Maybe not even the typical idea of heavenly perfection. I want to strive for the pursuit of love and wisdom in our society and in our lives; and I don't think that will be in making things easier or more fair.

12/17/10