Perfectly Imperfect

Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Happiness, Mindfulness, Education, Personal Development, Wellness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Presence, Positive Psychology, Self-improvement, Buddhism

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

"I have had it with perfection.

I have packed my bags,

I am out of here.

Gone.

As certain as rain

will make you wet,

perfection will do you in.

It droppeth not as dew

upon the summer grass

to give liberty and greenjoy.

Perfection straineth out

the quality of mercy,

withers rapture at itsbirth.

Before the battle is half begun,

cold probity thinks

it can't be won, concedes the

war.

I've handed in my notice,

given back my keys,

signed my severance check, I

quit.

Hints I could have taken:

Even the perfect chiseled form of

Michelangelo's radiant David

squints,

the Venus de Milo

has no arms,

the Liberty Bell is

cracked."

-Kilian McDonnell - Perfection, Perfection

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:05.0	in today's
0:08.0	in today we're getting a little better at life.
0:06.0	I'm your host, Corey Miskara,
0:09.0	and in today's episode, we're going to talk about perfection. More to come on that in a moment. First, let's
0:16.0	settle in together with the sound of the bells. Okay. Okay, perfection. What a complicated relationship so many of us have to perfection.
0:43.2	Well, I'm going to read a poem for you by Killian McDonald that is titled
0:49.2	Perfection Perfection.
0:51.0	And that'll help frame this conversation.
0:55.0	Killian says, I have had it with perfection.
0:59.0	I have packed my bags. I am out of here, gone.
1:04.0	As certain as rain will make you wet, perfection will do you in.
1:09.0	It droppeth not as due upon the summer grass to give liberty and green joy,
1:15.0	perfection straineth out the quality of mercy, withers rapture at its birth.
1:22.0	Before the battle is half begun, rapture at its birth.
1:23.0	Before the battle is half begun, cold probity thinks it can't be won, concedes the war.
1:30.2	I've handed in my notice, given back my keys, signed my severance check, I quit.
1:38.2	Hints I could have taken.
1:40.8	Even the perfect chiseled form of Michelangelo's radiant David squints.
1:47.0	The Venus de Miloilo has no arms.
1:50.0	The Liberty Bell is cracked.
1:55.0	Ah, perfection,
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