Ever wonder at these people who look like they made it.  Whatever and where "it" is. 

There is a saying that goes something like: "it's better to be a wicked person who knows he's wicked than a righteous person who knows he's righteous."  Why?  If we know we are good, what is the drive to even better ourselves?  Of course, you can carry that thought a little too far and drive yourself crazy, so adopting a careful balance is healthy. 

If our purpose was only to be good, we'd have done it by now.  Surely million of people are good, have been good and will be good, but wars still rage on.  Maybe it's because our purpose is to become better, to better ourselves.  It makes sense since since if we feel we have made it and have achieved that certain "good" level we wanted, it would leave us no room to grow.

So instead of reaching for perfection, go towards perfection knowing the road getting there is far richer than the actual state.  And anyway, what is perfection but just a point of view?