Have No Fear of Perfection-You'll Never Reach It

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability…To be alive is to be vulnerable.

Madeleine L’Engle(1918- )




Life, what a crazy concept. Someone once said that “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that is troublesome.” What a confusing space in time. My place on Planet Earth, wherever it leads me, has left me curious. I have realized this past week that perfection is something impossible to achieve. The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work on becoming yourself. That is when perfection is achieved. It is achieved when you hit the bottom. When you realize that perfection is not when there is nothing left to add, but nothing left to take away.