The Zen of Everything™, Day 9: What perfect feels like
I had a call today from The Youngster, an ex who is both a current friend and collaborator. Along with The BF, we’re working on a couple of interesting projects (one I can show you; one I’ve alluded to) that have, in the main, gone swimmingly, but have been quite a lot of work (as I’ve also alluded to).
When I gave him the good news that one big project had moved through a really big phase with no changes—that is, p-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y, a variation of my favorite word—he congratulated me. Us. And added:
“What’s more important is that now you know what perfect feels like.”
That fucker. He’s, like, the original Speaker in Zen Koans. And he’s fully 12 years younger than I.
But I’m catching up. While we were still in the conversation, I managed to grok it: if this is what perfect feels like, maybe I ought to start reaching for something else. Because guess what—perfect doesn’t feel so all-fire fantastic.
Lesson #9: A race is not always about the finish line.
Bonus extra:
Lesson #10: Sometimes, the work is not the Work.
A big, big day. And whaddya know—mostly, I just rested.
Talk about your lessons…
xxx
c
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4 Comments, Comment or Ping
Spike
One perspective that comes from Buddhist teaching is that everything is perfect just as it is. It is considered that something is as good or as bad as you think it is. It doesn’t change what is though. Not very profound or fantastic. Just another way of realizing “what is, is” and “what is” is perfect … just as it is. Any judgment is after the fact. This is it.
As an aside…
I’m curious if you are using any log analysis or other such strategy to track traffic to your blog. Google Analytics is free and offers an impressive amount of analytical data about activity. Give me a shout if you are curious.
May 23rd, 2007
communicatrix
Yes, I’m looking forward to the day when I can release my poky, Western notion of “perfect”.
As to the other, I use the Google and Sitemeter, the latter being the subject of some controversy recently.
May 23rd, 2007
Dave G
OMG! Can I somehow get involved with the KarlRoveILoveYou project??
btw, did you ever read this bio of Karl?
>It’s hard to imagine how Karl Rove’s appearance could fit his role any more perfectly than it does.
Portly, balding, malicious, simpering, he looks like a cross between Sesame Street’s Mr. Hooper and the Third Reich’s Heinrich Himmler. And he acts like a cross between Heinrich Himmler and Henry Kissinger. Whom he also looks like. And not in a good way.
May 25th, 2007