perfection

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Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 11 Nov 22

I have been there and done that so to say and I know what it is to go for perfection - its pros and cons and the benefits of not bothering about angles and straight lines. It used to bother me if the bedspread was not put...

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walking on egg shells

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I'm happy and content

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 23 Jul 22

It's fabulous. It's really so much better if 100% of everything in my life is perfect but that is not the reality for some. I accept that is hard to achieve. I will be content for at least 75% perfection in my life. I focus my...

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Short story: Rabbi Zeb talks on God, our soul, and perfection

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 16 Jun 22

Rabbi Zeb Rezar had a saying that he always trotted out when anyone questioned him about God, and the state of the World. "God sees all from his eyes of good, as good, and l try to do the same." Then he would...

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Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life!!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 23 Feb 22

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing good too. I came across this beautiful quote which is so apt in life. Many people have this idea of living a "perfect" life. They want to have...

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Perfection in our relationships

Josh @Joshael (294) • Nigeria 7 Nov 21

I have come across various definitions from people on their idea of perfection in their relationships, but most tend to forget "trust" , "understanding", " patience". We are humans. No one can be 100% perfect, we have our flaws...

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Zen: A koan on perfection

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 2 Nov 21

The Zen master, Proto Reskvoy, used to tell his students that the perfect koan was not perfect. And then he would give this example. "When is a book complete?" "It is complete only when the author thinks it so, and so...

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Question: Do you want perfection when...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 25 Oct 21

... you write homework during your school days? I must admit that I am a perfectionist when it comes to writing, either on my notebooks not only doing homework before. The result is I got good handwriting up to this day. Lately, I...

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Poetry: The broken are never really broken

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 13 Oct 21

God broke himself into pieces for us, but we ourselves are not really broken. We are not damaged, impaired, or imperfect, we are unbroken perfection, just incomplete. We can help restore God to being himself, by...

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What is wrong with thinking that you're perfect

Eunike @veunike (331) • Hong Kong 22 Aug 21

Nothing wrong with thinking that we are perfect because it's just a thinking or a mindset. But sometimes we have to remind ourselves that it's OK not to be perfect. How do you measure a perfection anyway? Is it based on our...

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Short story: A parable for today. Self-responsibility

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 29 Jun 21

John was walking around his block, when he stubbed his foot on a raised lump of concrete, on the path. He swore blue murder, as it hurt. Then he blamed the council for this mishappenstance to him. He kept walking,...

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Perfection..

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 24 Nov 20

I have tried to become almost perfect in what I am doing. But one thing I have learned for awhile that perfect people do not exist on this earth. If someone is trying to tell you that you should do things a certain way, because...

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Perfect Poem

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 8 Nov 20

I saw this poem used in some election campaign material recently, from a famous modern Irish poet - Seamus Heaney: The Cure at Troy. It was used on this homage to recent events, to close the national news on the Irish state...

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Zen story: When is near enough, good enough?

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 17 Oct 20

The Zen master, Zircone Ripschoke, used to tell a story about the apprentice fence builder. The apprentice was putting in the heavy upright posts, and he was measuring their straightness with a spirit level. He measured...

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The perfect first kiss is a lie!

SyedWasiq @Loverabbit (3401) • Karachi, Pakistan 14 Sep 20

Buy this or not but when you say you got a perfect first kiss that raises tons of questions..... 1. Were you really knowing what it feels like to kiss and get one before even trying? 2. How can you be sure that such be the kiss...

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Perfection/Excellence

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 20 Nov 19

I love this meme and quote by Vince Lombardi: "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." Even though perfection is not possible, when you work towards it, you're likely to accomplish...

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Perfection

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 10 Sep 19

Perfection is wanting things to be perfect. Like things have to be put in a certain places all face the same way, done by size or color or whatever. Even writing has to look perfect, the way you act and look and the way you...

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Everything is perfect, or is it?

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 29 Mar 19

I was reading something recently that was spoken by somebody called Jafree Ozwald, an author, who claims to be enlightened, and has his own website. https://www.enlightenedbeings.com/ Here is something that he said: "Truly be...

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Why do people insist on being perfect?

Wise Ghost @WiseGhots (14603) 9 Jan 19

Honestly, that's the kind of question I'll never be able to understand ... I have friends who do not go to the beach because they find their bodies "inadequate", family members who study extensively to graduate in something they...

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Either everything is perfect, or nothing is perfect. Which of these ideas is correct?

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 13 Dec 18

I have been reading where some guy made these types of outrageous comments about our Universe. "Everything is perfect just as it is. There are no accidents or coincidences. Nothing happens by chance. " Now, is he wrong here, or...

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PERFECTION…

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 21 Sep 18

Would it be right if we just look for appropriate or desirable ones? When we tend to be, I think it’s stressful because you can’t expect that everything would work or went accordingly or smoothly. If we are pushing ourselves or...

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