Embracing imperfection

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack,
a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

—Leonard Cohen

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Striving to better,
oft we mar what's well.

—William Shakespeare

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In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few.

—Shunryu Suzuki

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And we get a little further
from perfection
each year on the road
I think that's called character
I think that's just the way it goes

Ani DiFranco

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Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

—Voltaire

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Don’t let the good be the enemy of the good enough.

—Unknown

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It’s amateur hour all the time.

—Unknown

Poem: Life’s Tragedy

Multidimensional perfectionism test

kintsugi

wabi sabi

yoki dokoro

100% is overrated

What we gain from a good-enough life