We humans try so hard sometimes, to find perfection in nature...without realizing that that is a lost cause.

Nothing in nature is truly perfect. No two things are exactly the same, from a snowflake to a towering pine tree, nothing is a carbon copy. In a way, nature is a lot like us. We can be perceived as being perfect, or nearly so. Many people strive for, and long for...perfection. Perfect bodies, perfect faces and hair styles, perfect families, perfect lives.

But, like nature, we just...aren't. We press on, spending reams of cash, wasting our days yearning to be more like those deemed to be the most handsome or beautiful...perfection. A perfection that is, inately, flawed. Because it has to be. Whether it's an external flaw, or emotional or mental "glitch," everyone has one...even the Pope, the Queen, your own mum and dad. The reality is, is that no one single person on this planet, is perfect.

Yet, we still try...because perfection is "pretty," and flaws are...not so much.

Below is a charming rural scene:

Yet, here is the reality, noise and dust and flies and manure: