You do not need to be perfect. We are told since we are little to be our best at all times. The reality is, that cannot happen.

I think we have all been in the situation where we feel as if we cannot do anything. That life is adding up and tearing you down. All of the exams, work, friendships, and stress takes a toll all at once and you simply cannot do anything anymore and that is just fine. Life is meant to be hard, but you are here for a reason. With all of the things that bring you down and keep you from your dream, there are 1,000 more things that bring you up. Whether it is helping other people out, or getting help from others.

College tests you in many ways. College makes you realize that perfection is not always going to happen, no matter how hard you try. You will mess things up, fail a test, and have emotional breakdowns, but that is all ok. Part of growing up is failing along the way. We have all done it, and if someone denies failing at some point they are not telling the truth. If we do not fail, we can not learn, and if you are not learning, what is the point of college?

Finding yourself happens all throughout life, but the moment you are free from the person you pretend to be for society, you are able to find who you truly are. What you love to do, say, and listen to will eventually change. The idea of what perfect is disappears when you are able to think on your own without society pushing ideas down your throat of how you should be. Not being perfect is a part of being yourself which is not something to be ashamed of.

In the past few years I never really opened up. I was afraid that people would not accept me if I let my imperfections show. I would hide the tears and just be strong because that is what I was expected to do, to never be anything that was imperfect. Then there was a day where I said I was done. I was done with the expectations and all of the pressure from society. I wanted to be myself. I wanted to let my imperfections show. I wanted to open up and let my true colors fly. Since that day, my life has been totally different. Once the pressure is forgotten, you find who you really are. I have never been happier than I am not that I am myself. Accepting the imperfections is a necessary step in life.

So let your imperfections fly like a bright flag. If people

care that you failed at something, who really cares. You are not alone. The perfection that everyone strives for, and even pretends to have, does not exist. A person can never be perfect, be yourself and let all of your imperfections show. Then, you will be better than perfect, you will be you.