What Else Can We Do?

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February 7, 2022

Have you ever felt like the world wants us to be perfect despite its imperfections? But what can we do when we know who we wanna be isn't perfect?

Isabel, the most beautiful and perfect member of the Madrigal family can bloom flowers perfectly and Abuela always has high expectations of her. Being considered perfect, she always wanted to please her family. There should be no flaws, no errors, no ugly, no imperfect, no shoddy creations, everything should be perfect, meeting the high expectations and concerned about what people around here would say about her. It seemed like she was living in the head of others.

Until unexpected circumstances happened that led to unforeseen revelations. Little did others know that she's been struggling to please everyone. Despite being called perfect, deep inside, she's unhappy, incomplete, and imperfect. And she wants to do more than just blooming roses and pretty flowers.

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Her song "What Else Can I Do?" only conveys that she doesn't want to be perfect, that she want to do new more things .

That she can do more than blooming roses and other beautiful flowers. She wanted to do more than what her gift could do, if only she was allowed to do so. Only if Abuela, her grandmother, would permit her to be imperfect and do things that others thought she can't do. Only if she could be imperfect.

This song resonates with our real life. Despite living in this imperfect world, we always wanted to please everyone, to be accepted and appreciated, to be perfect in front of other people. Because we don't want to receive discrimination, negative feedback, and reactions. So as much as possible, we always wanted to be perfect, pretty, and flawless.

Whether you admit it or not, you also have thought to be perfect just to be accepted by this judgemental society. The unjust discrimination in this world makes us pity for ourselves, driving our self-esteem to go lower and lower, and we tend to walk on the crowd with heads bowing, and ashamed of our own selves.

We want to be pretty when we saw pretty people confidently walking on the street. We want to be smart when we see people excelling in the field they have chosen. We want to be talented when we see people gaining the public's attention and appreciation. We wanted to be perfect just so we could feel how to live in a perfect world with no unjust discrimination.

However, we don't need to be perfect, because we were all born imperfect, yet, beautiful in our own unique way. We just have to believe in ourselves that we can also do what others can. We just have to build our self-confidence higher and stronger so we could walk on the crowd with heads high. We just have to appreciate the beauty and talent God gave us.

We don't need to be perfect and live in the heads of other people. Because we are beautifully perfect in our own unique imperfections. We just have to do what makes us happy without compromising our self-esteem, and confidently live in this world without absorbing its negative imperfections and not minding the unjust discrimination.

And if there is one thing we should be doing, it's this line of the song....

🎢🎢"Seize the moment, keep goin'"🎢🎢

Indeed, we should seize every moment we have in this world because life is too short to live in high expectations, mind the negative imperfections, and unjust discrimination. We should live our own life happily not in the minds of pessimistic people. Besides, we can do more beautiful things in our imperfect unique way. We just have to believe in ourselves πŸ˜‰.

See you at the final part of this Encanto series of lessons.

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This movie is pure gold, my dear Jane. This is the best way Disney has shown that the expectations that family can have from us, sometimes can be so toxic

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2 years ago

Lahat naman tayo may imperfections pero ano kayang feeling 'nung maging almost perfect na hano? Hehe~ wala naisip ko lang. 'Yung tipo ba na natural ka nang magaling sa maraming bagay tapos maganda pa and mayaman. And, matangkad pa. Aguuuy~ lagapak kasi ako sa height eh. 🀣

Pero hirap kapag gusto ng iba na maging perfect tayo kahit na di naman sila perfect. Yawaaa, grabe mampressure amp. Haha

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None of us in the world is perfect. There is something wrong with everyone. Everyone tries to be perfect. But yes you can call me perfect.πŸ˜€

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2 years ago

The Encanto movie, and it's true we don't need to suit the beauty standard of the world, we are uniquely beautiful in our own.

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2 years ago

Ganyan ako dati, gusto ko perfect kasi my mom always compare me with her friends daughters,. Kasi nga daw sila magaling pumorma, magaling sa klase, etc... dapat ganun din ako. edi lalong wala akong paki.. Lol! I don't care what people say about me. I was born and raised simple and I know myself better.

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2 years ago

Perfection is a myth either way.. In my eyes, you are already a queen :) and I do believe many users here would think the same way about you too

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2 years ago

Haha. No im not. I'm just a lizard who evolved into a T-Rex 🀣🀣🀣..

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2 years ago

And T-rex is so powerful isn't it?? lol

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2 years ago

All I can say is that you are imperfectly perfect Jane πŸ’™

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2 years ago

Haha. Thanks Ed

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2 years ago

Awwnn.... I just watched Encanto yesterday and how I loved it so much! There's a lot to learn from the movie. The real gift is you.... Just you!

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2 years ago

Yes, I love it too

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2 years ago

Self confident is very important . People will always try to pull us down , but the most important thing is that we don't pull ourself down .

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2 years ago

Nobody can truly be perfect because everybody have different expectations from everyone and to be perfect, you'll have to go out of your way to please people which is bad

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2 years ago

We just have ti accept the fact that no one is perfect and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

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2 years ago

What I think we can do is to do the best we can and leave the rest to sort itself. We can't reach perfection according to the world standard, the world itself is not perfect and would never be because human wants are insatiable even till death.

Peace

OkanlaDavid

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2 years ago

No matter what we do, no matter how hard we try to be perfect and please people, we can never satisfy everyone. We would still be discriminated. So, the only thing we can do is to believe in ourselves that we can do unique things others are doing even beyond them.

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It all goes down to knowing who we are fully Knowing what's unique about us, exploring some more on it and making it to shine like the sun. Thank you.

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Kahit ano namang gawin natin may masasabi at masasabi pa rin ang ilan ee. So better to ignore them and let's make ourself bloom more into a more beautiful flower.

It's actually easy to say pero kahirap gawin. Ay ambot talaga kay self.

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2 years ago

The early we realize no body is and can ever be perfect, the easier out lives will be. The strive for perfection and acceptance by the society has led to a lot of people doing things they regret, but they don't realise that our imperfections make us who we are, it's what makes each of us unique in our own way

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2 years ago

Indeed 😁

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2 years ago

Naiintriga na talaga ako sa palabas na to. Alam mo dati marengs, napapaisip ako lage if ganu ka swerte yung mga mayayaman at magaganda. Haha kasi feeling ko nasa kanila na lahat lahat. Paano naman yung mga waley talaga. Ayyy iwan na lang. Pero nung nalaki na ako, ayy di pala ako lumaki, nag mature ako bale dun ko na realize di lang sa ganun pagbabasehan ang perfection at imperfections. Marami baga factor. Ganun.

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2 years ago

Haha.. Hndi kb lumaki? 🀣

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Hahaha nako marengs, stagnant lang height ko hahaha

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2 years ago

No one can be Perfect cause the being perfect doesn't exists. You can be excellent at something but no perfect

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Main waqi bht khush hon ap se waqi ap bht acha kam kr Rahi hai aur ap Kamal ka kam kr rahii hain aur ye sub Kamal ka kam hai ye sub bhe ap k liye hai aur ap Kamal krti hain

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2 years ago

Hahaha weyt sis kinanta ko yung title jusko, anyways life is always like this sometimes people live their life that is far from who really they are because they just want to pleased society, so instead of living this kind of life where we seek for validation, we should be ourselves and live this life to the fullest. Hayss gusto ko lang naman world peace.

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2 years ago

Charot..beauty pageant 🀣

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2 years ago

Life is not perfect but always want to be perfect. may often come from the ego to always be the best but whatever we do that we humans will never be perfect so be grateful for what we have.

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2 years ago

The truth is whatever you do, either good or bad, people would talk. So all we can do is to live our lives for ourselves and not for people.

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2 years ago

Alam mo ako dati, kapag nakakakita ako ng magaganda, tinatanong ko sa sarili ko, naiisip din nila kaya yun naiisip ko. na sana maging maganda din ako, naitatanong kaya nila un sa sarili nila, hehehe

Pero ngaon sa edad kong to, waley na ako pake talga, gusto ko na lang talaga is happiness.

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2 years ago

Kya nga. Tumtanda na. D na kelangan magpaganda haha

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2 years ago

Korek, hahahaha

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2 years ago

Perfections are world wants, we all wanted to be perfect, beautiful and graceful. We always tend to look for acceptance where they could see us as the model. I agreed, we were not perfect as we were born, we were just beautiful for what we had. I also thought living a perfect view was just no stress at all. In that movie she just wanted always to please her family, even sacrificing love, but deep on her side, it's too much.

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2 years ago

Very relatable to a real-life situation.. And people must accept the fact that we don't need to be perfect to be accepted.. We just have to be true to ourselves

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2 years ago

No one is perfect but sometimes dumating sa point lalo na yung driven by insecurity we want to be perfect na gusto maging standard at in sa society. Our imperfection makes us more unique and beautiful.

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2 years ago

Yup. We just have to appreciate our imperfections

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2 years ago

Kaya nga ate lalo na mga kabataan😊

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2 years ago

This is me & I am perfect. I just don't want me to be more perfectionist for the world.

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2 years ago

I thought nobody is perfect πŸ˜…

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I guess because most of us want to fit in that's why we wanted to be 'perfect' in other people's eyes. It's good to be just us and be happy and at peace with ourselves no matter how other's view us.

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2 years ago

Kaya nga.. Pro minsan kc hndi maiwasan.. Kya we are compromising our own happiness just to meet the standards of the society

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2 years ago

True sis, d na natuto hehe.

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2 years ago

I admit that I want to be perfect too before. But now that I'm older, I understand why "nobody is perfect". Imperfection mold us to be a better person and this is more valuable than being a perfect one.

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2 years ago

True.. And that's what makes us unique individuals

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2 years ago

If I am in that situation, everyone looked up at me as a perfect individual. I don't know if I can bare it's consequences because as what that character in the movie I will surely suffers what she suffered to the point I'll get super depressed. That's sad.

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2 years ago

My mga perfectionist.. Pro wala tlga perfect πŸ˜…

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2 years ago

mao jud sis, nothing is perfect gyud

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2 years ago

I love that movie! :) "Colombia te quiero tanto, y siempre me enamora tu ENCANTO"

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I thought encanto means enchanted πŸ˜… so it's charm? πŸ˜…

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Yeap ahah

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2 years ago

I think the best thing to do is to be ourselves, never compet with the world, you can never beat perfection, but can only be perfect as yourself

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2 years ago

That's true we are not perfect and embeds our imperfection as well though may not please everyone.

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2 years ago

Agree miss Jane. We don't need to be perfect because nobody's perfect in this world. We should be happy and contented on what we have. We should always remind ourselves that we are unique in our own ways.

Don't mind the others because we have our own differences. Be grateful. We must focus the things that make us happy.

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2 years ago

Yup.. Just seize and enjoy each day

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2 years ago

Yes miss Jane indeed. Enjoy the life.

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2 years ago

Seems like the song was made for me. The first time I heard about it in the movie, I'm not adding that much emphasis to the lyrics, but as I watched the movie again, I realized how menaingful the song is. Indeed, we are perfectly imperfect and we should embrace that.

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2 years ago

Coz no one is perfect.. So let's accept that fact

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2 years ago

True yan, mnsan kasi nbubuhay tayo sa standards ng iba, parang ang labas tuloy, need pa natin makamit ang standards nila para maaccept lng kahit labag na sa loob natin, pero if marealize natin na kaya din pala ntin mging totoo sa sarili, dun na lalabas ang acceptance which could lead to happiness nadin. 😊 Pero grabe yung Encanto na movie, andami kong scenes na medyo relate ako.

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2 years ago

Super dami.. Naiyak dn ako

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2 years ago

Life is so beautiful. Every day comes with new wonders. We can positively do a lot of things.

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2 years ago

We are struggling to be perfect. That is why we buy whitening products, drink slimming tea, goes to expensive school and enroll master's degree. We want everyone to be happy looking at us. We dont wanna fail the people who have set standards for us to achieve. On this quest, we forget to do what really makes us happy.

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2 years ago

Indeed..because we focus on pleasing others

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