perfection Articles

“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen, Anthem Last night, I went to the Atlanta Soto Zen Center, as per usual, for Monday night meditation. My neighbor Steve Hart is...

There are certain fields and situations in which being perfect is probably a really good idea. For example, if I were to undergo brain surgery, I would want the most anal retentive, perfectionist surgeon, preferably with a God complex and an ego as wide as Oklahoma....

I love this shawl. It was made in India with peach colored silk and gold thread. Shortly after someone gave it to me, I noticed a large blue ink blotch on it. “Oh dear,” I thought. Had it been damaged? The person who gave it to me explained that the women who hand...