You cannot prepare your way into perfection.
You will never feel completely ready to do something brave.
Once you get to good enough, commit.
Experience is the best teacher.
You will work out the imperfections as you go.
Embrace the tension between success and failure.
That is the line you must walk in order to do anything worthwhile.
The purpose of practice is not to attain perfection.
The purpose of practice is to uncover your imperfections.
Practice is for making mistakes.
It is for unearthing your shortcomings.
Practice is for amplifying, embracing, and analyzing, your deficiencies.
It is for leaning into failure.
If you can come to accept this and learn to enjoy it, you are well on your way.
Believe in people’s goodness, but do not be surprised when they fall short.
Most people are doing their best to be good in their own way.
But we all fall short.
No one is perfect.
Even the most morally upright and disciplined among us will stumble from time to time.
Do not let this shock or disappoint you.
You are no different.
You are no better.
You, too, are perfectly imperfect.
Give people some room to be human.
Allow for mistakes.
Be generous with your forgiveness.
Remain optimistic, but plan for imperfection, both other people’s and your own.
Your best will not always be good enough for others.
You will have to come to terms with this.
There is only so much you can do.
You only have so much to give.
As long as you have given your all, make peace with your limitations.
No one is perfect.
Do not expect to be the first.
Do not let the unrealistic expectations of others bring you down.
You cannot please everyone.
In fact, some people simply cannot be pleased.
Do what you can and be the best version of yourself.
Beyond that, what other people want from you is more their issue to resolve than yours.
If you cannot accomplish everything you set out to do today, at least do some of it.
It is far better to make small, incremental steps of progress than to make no progress at all.
Do not use an all or nothing attitude as an excuse to do nothing.
Do something, no matter how small, to work toward your goals every day.
When you do not have the time, energy, or resources to do a lot, do a little, but do something.
Over time you will notice that all of your small steps forward have taken you farther than you imagined.
Some progress is infinitely better than perfection when perfectionism keeps you from making progress.
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