I think the reason this world is considered imperfect, even at its most basic level is because you can't have everything at once. I used to get so angry when adults who had lead lives they were unsatisfied with told me "You can't have your cake and eat it too." I never agreed with that but now, I'm unsure. Humanity is under the assumption that getting everything they want when they want it is the definition of perfection and I believe this is a destructive if not overly self centered view. This brings into question the concept that what you want is not always what you need, and I'm not sure if I even believe that. What I do know is that nature is at the basis of this entire planet and is the most basic and yet complex lens to look through. For example, I prefer the warm weather in New York as opposed to the biting cold of winter but, I also prefer nighttime to daytime but obviously I can't have shorter days and warm weather where I'm living. Another fork in the road I have to contend with is the choice of what society defines as 'success' vs. emotional and spiritual fulfillment. I could do all my homework, spend all my time with my nose buried in a textbook learning pointless facts or I could go out and live. I had a teacher once who told me that I should sacrifice my time and happiness now for the sake of happiness in the future but something in me says there is something seriously wrong with that logic. What if I die tomorrow? What if I die tomorrow or even in the next few years and I die unhappy because I was saving all my happiness up for a supposed future? The Franciscan monks believe in the embodiment of evil as Satan. They say Satan tells his demons to "Let them believe they have time." because when people think they have time, they put off being happy another day, another week, another year, and it never happens. Back to the concept of imperfections, humanity has a tendency to create, in our minds, an ideal world that is unreachable. To me, this world is summer all the time with shortened days in which I can do what I please. Basically in conclusion, I don't have any answers to these deep philosophical questions. Can we have our cake and eat it too? Should we be sacrificing the happiness of today for a supposed tomorrow? Is what we want the same thing as what we need? Do we have time? I don't know anything really, I'm just a kid.
