EVERYWHERE WE LOOK we hear about models: car models, business models, glamour models, role models, They're prototypes, representatives, concepts, and, in some cases, our heroes.
Take the men and women whom magazines often feature. We tend to measure ourselves—and others—against these so-called perfect models of beauty or success. Yet trying to mold ourselves into society's model of perfection can be limiting, deceptive, and disappointing. If we fall short of the standard, we're considered a failure.
"Do you not hear from all mankind of the imperfect model?" Mary Baker Eddy wrote in Science and Health (p.248). (Imperfect, I suppose, because standards of perfection change with fashion trends, new discoveries, and theories). She continued, "The world is holding it before your gaze continually."
