I don't remember where I found this, but it strike a cord...
PERFECTION is not a value. Indeed, it is most often a trap, a temptation, and the worst kind at that. Because it's the kind of trap that feels virtuous, it can be a particularly difficult one to escape. And why would you want to escape? Unlike most other forms of escapism, so you can be free. Free is clearly what you are trying to be. Free is making itself known to you. Free is calling your name. Free is showing up in your life, your dreams, and rattling your planet.Free has been showing up as very intense people who are setting an example, or summoning you personally, or perhaps offending you with what seems like their complete disregard for what anyone else thinks.
The opposite of free is perfect.