Reaching Perfection

It's so easy to get caught up in the world's system. It's easy to be self-centered, uncaring, and vain. The important thing is to remember who you are; not what everyone tells you to be. You are perfect just the way you are. You don't need to change a thing. You will never reach the world's standard of "perfect". As soon as you get close, the bar gets raised. Why spend your time trying to be something you're not? Don't let any one stand in your way. When I was younger, I was tall and awkward. My nicknames (within my family) were: toothpick, giraffe, freak-of-nature, nerd, and four-eyes. Each one of those names stung. Who wants to hear that your a freak from your own family? (you must realize that my family had no intention of being rude or mean. They did not mean to injure my pride, it was just who they were)  I was very scarred from this and spent the next years of my life trying to become "cool". I succeded in that, but I would have been much happier staying who I was. It's hard to be made fun of, but I've come to realize that it doesn't matter what others think or say. I am perfect just the way I am. If you don't like it, then that's your problem.