Hello hivers and lovely friends of 
If we lived in a perfect world where there was no illness, hunger, or poverty and every world leader actually cared about their people, will there be need for individual growth? As kids, we're raised to learn how to deal with life's situations, and obstacles that come our way. But when we live in a perfect world without obstacles, do we really need that growth? Or was this world never meant to be perfect to begin with?
This week's contest actually got me thinking, like is such a world even possible? A peaceful world, without sickness, fight corruption. A world where the leaders care about it's citizens, is such a world possible? Let's say yes that such a world is possible because most people don't want fights, quarrel, sickness or corruption. But we should ask ourselves a very important question: is individual growth needed?
As children we were taught to always face life head on, whatever the challenges or situations we find ourselves. We were taught how to handle pain and when we fall, we should stand up, dust ourselves and move on. When we have already set out to do something and it doesn't work out, we change, we learn and we adapt. Growth often comes from struggle. Without struggle, growth feels less necessary.
In a perfect world, there would be no problems to overcome. No challenges to face, people won't be afraid to fail. No loss, no pain and no gain. People would live very comfortably from the beginning of their lives till the end of it. When we have nothing to challenge us, personal growth will begin to fade and slow down. We won't learn what it feels like to try again after failing.
Don't get me wrong, growth is not just about pain. Even if the world is perfect people would still dream, they will still have choices. People might want to learn new skills or understand themselves better, growth here will just come because people are curious not because they need to survive.
We should also ask if humans value growth without hardship. When everything is given without stress it may loose value and effort will loose meaning. I believe pain teaches us gratitude, loss teaches us love, and when success comes without struggle it may not feel special.
This would make one ask and wonder, is this world ever meant to be perfect? Maybe imperfections is not a mistake but a part of life's design. I believe the broken part of this world push we humans to be caring, to change and be better people. Illness makes us compassionate, poverty makes us generous and pain makes us connect with each other. This shapes who we are as humans.
Ofcourse a perfect world is peaceful but an imperfect one gives life meaning. And what's life without meaning? Maybe we are not meant to live life without problems, but to grow through them. Maybe we are not meant to live in perfection but to learn and become better than we were yesterday.
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