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What IS perfection? That is the question. If every river is different, does that mean that all are perfect, none are perfect, or is there one or some that are perfect? What IS the definition of perfect, when we all share different views of what perfect is?
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Why the preoccupation with 'perfection'?
Assuming you are referring to rivers as people, metaphorically, and whether all are perfect or not, or to what degree they might be or not, people are just people. There are countless examples of people possessing characteristics running the entire spectrum of our consciousness, from perfect to worthless. We each pick and choose what we need and value for ourselves and carry on in our own way. Don't you think?
The tricky part for some is when the mind completely objectifies the world, at the expense of life, emotion, humanity. For example, I have heard the field of photography described as simply (and to some, exclusively) capturing visible-spectrum lightwaves onto a photo-sensitive medium, and scientifically or intellectually that may be accurate. But I believe its possible (and healthy) for even the most analytical to be moved on an emotional level by such "scientific" phenomena as a photograph.
If you were not speaking in a metaphorical sense, please disregard the above.
