Imperfection is Better than Perfection

Book: The Secret Language of Girls
Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
Pages: 109-160

Friendship is forever, believe it or not. Flannery convinced Marilyn to do the cheerleaders audition to enter with her and she accepted. Marilyn's aunt was also a cheerleader so she gave Marilyn some advice for her. While they were talking, Marilyn accepted that she felt in love with Mr. Kertzner, her science teacher. Her aunt encourage her to invite him for dinner so she did. Days after, Marilyn had her audition and she did really well, it wasn't a surprise that they accepted her on the cheerleader's team! Marilyn started to become one of the most populars on school and left Kate. Mr. Kertzner went that night to Marilyn's house for dinner. Marilyn's aunt and the science teacher, fell in love but Marilyn didn't noticed it. Marilyn was very happy but Kate

wasn't so much even though she had a lot of other friends, she missed Marilyn. 

When Marilyn was started to become a cheerleader, Kate said to her that: "… it's more important to care about your brain than to care a about your hair. " It may sound ridiculous but if you look to its real meaning, it is something true. Some people think that just some simple things will get them to be big, which is not true. The things that get people to be big and worth-full are their work and effort. The ability to solve problems determines people's intelligence, not their hair.

"Most things in life were ragged edges and weird bumps ... no matter how perfectly they looked from distance. Even love. Even your best friends." Things may look perfect but the truth is that nothing is as perfect as it seems. We all need to accept other people's weird bumps and enjoy them. The point of love and friendship is to accept the other person even if they have ragged edges. Love and friendship are beautiful experiences but they wouldn't be like that if they don't have ragged edges, it's our job to fix them and that's the beauty about it. 

We want everything to be perfect when we don't notice that if things were like that, nothing would be fun. Everyone should appreciate their friends and never let them go. Neither friends or love is perfect, we should accept that and enjoy it. Everything we do, determines the persons we are and our effort and intelligence should be always good. Our values will make us the persons we want to be so we should have clear our values since we are little. Finally, never forget that nothing is perfect but the characteristic that make things perfect are their imperfections.