Good Enough (Perfection)

Good enough. It means different things to different people or rather it brings different feelings depending on the situation. For some, good enough is positive, light, and brings a smile to their face. After working hard and doing all you are able to good enough is an assurance to you. To others good enough is a sigh of relief and acception – you can leave what you've been working on and take a break – you will pick it back up the next day.

 Good enough maybe your best and now you've left the rest to fate and let it take its course. You've done your best and it's good enough. However, for some, good enough is a sign of incoming failure – it is as good as a failure. Good enough means you're not putting in the work to make it the best – perfect.

 Good enough is not an assurance to them but rather a slap across the face that you are imperfect and incompetent. It brings back memories of all those times you were probably told you needed to do your best at all times and be perfect. It reminds you of the fear of failure and being laughed at and mocked for your mistake {s}. 

 So you strive for perfection always. However, the thought of just being good enough is frustrating because internally you're burning at wanting true perfection which is hard to achieve in this imperfect world. 

 For others, all they have ever wanted is to do good enough but they feel like they never will be. All they have ever wanted to be told by someone else is that they are good enough. They starve and crave love and approval or acknowledgment that they are good enough. They too like the third group of people mentioned before wanting perfection but if they can't get it they'll settle for good enough. 

 It's better than nothing at all or the worthlessness they have been told they are. By others or themselves. The third and fourth groups of people are unhappy. Trying to gain perfection or trying to gain approval from others. In both cases, I believe it is the fear of failure and of being worthless. The emptiness or deep, hollow hole that is created by that feeling of failure, imperfectness, brokenness – not good enough.

 However, life is imperfect, and good enough is all we can get – as long as we put our heart, soul and our best, good enough is alright. Not a sign of weakness. Imperfection, embrace it because it is part of our human nature and this world. Imperfection can be beautiful in its own way. Second, we are good enough. We are worthy. And we don't need anyone to approve and confirm this to us.

 This is easier said than done because we need to start believing this. We need to start telling ourselves that and acting like it – not arrogant and like we are better than everyone but, we need to believe that we are good. Worthy which is a struggle and a journey on its own. Also, we need to realize that we can't please everybody and that perhaps that one person we are trying to gain approval from may never give it to us. 

 Not because we aren't good enough, but because they just might not see it. They may never see our brilliance and it's their loss! Not ours, we are not to blame. I am not to blame. I am worthy, I am good enough and more than enough. In doing so and saying these phrases to ourselves, we may become like the first and second group of people.

Knowing that all we need to do is work hard, do our best and leave the rest because it is good enough. Also, like the second group of people, we need to know when to stop and give ourselves a break with whatever we are chasing or to realize that it is enough.

It is good enough – it doesn't have to be perfect. There is beauty in our scars and flaws, they are what makes us wonderfully, originally us. Even broken shards of glass can be beautiful – there're arrangement and reflection of light. Good enough is not bad, good enough is just that: good enough, and it is all we will need. It may be more than enough.