“Perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like I would want it to, just like I would plan for it to, then I would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when I make a mistake I experience something unexpected…. when I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.
When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace.
There are only three things you need to let go of … judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twinkly heart of a child. It is your right to be happy. This is what you were made for. And if you will not resist, happiness will find a way to pour from your heart and fill your days.”
Notes to Myself – My Struggle To Become A Person, Hugh Prather
