If the World Were Perfect, Would We Still Grow?

I know that for once in my life, I have imagined a perfect world after analyzing the happenings since my existence on earth. But all have been imagination and fantasies.

A world without all manner of sickness, including terminal diseases, to the point that hospitals go empty, a world where hunger doesn't thrive but humans eat whatever they crave and enjoy.A world where all the world leaders sincerely care for the ones they lead without sentiments, a world where everyone has access to whatever we need without the bustles and hustles of life. That sounds perfect indeed, and humans would grab this kind of sugar in their mouths without spitting it out.

...But looking at it closely, if the world becomes so perfect, would it still look interesting to live in? I feel that all the ups and downs of life make it more lively, and truth be told, we can't even have a perfect world. What about the good-and the bad people in our world? Would they stop being bad? Will their attitude change overnight? Adam and Eve already subjected us to where we find ourselves today; the deed has already been done. We can only imagine and dream of a perfect world but can't have it. It will continue to be wishes being horses.

Whatever, that's not the bone of contention for this blog, but if perchance we have something that looks like a perfect world someday, will human growth still be necessary? Yea, individual growth is the major subject to deliberate here, and I will say yes, there will still be a need for individual growth in a perfect world.

A lot of people believe that struggles push one to be more serious in life, and that's not out of it. When the hardship becomes real, like we have in our country today, many people keep pushing to learn one skill and another. Parents are always encouraging their children to be more focused so as to survive their world. All the struggles make a lot of people really develop themselves in order to thrive better in the society. But when everything seems perfect, people might not see reasons to grow in different aspects.

But then again , think about some wealthy families where the kids lack nothing. It's like they are living in heaven on earth, but yet, their parents still give them room for personal growth; they still allow them to make mistakes so they can learn. No doubt growth also comes from certain discomfort, so having everything shouldn't distort the needed growth in an individual's life.

Overall, I think that even with a perfect world, growth is still needed, just that the way we pursue this growth under pressure will be reduced because generally things aren't difficult to access in a perfect world, but then again, when we are naturally given the opportunity to grow conveniently, reaching our supposed potentials might become difficult.

This is my response to the #Hive Learners community prompt on the topic titled, The Perfect World.

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