An artist friend of mine is a famous painter.  He is in search of the perfect painting, it’s an obsession.  While striving and reaching for perfection he has painted many beautiful paintings which have sold for lots of money.  He is still after perfection.  This is one way to live.

What would happen if we knew there was no such thing as perfection out there in the distant future.  If we knew that perfection was in each step we walk, each painting we paint, each photograph we take, each wave we surf, each class we teach, each time we sit to meditate.  Would we not pay more attention? Wouldn’t the energy of our lives brim over with meaning at each moment?

Can you relate?

I am listening …