Perfection, Perfection
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 green
joy.
Perfection straineth out
the quality of mercy,
withers rapture at its
birth.
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.
by Father Kilian McDonnell as quoted in Krista Tippett’s, Becoming Wise, pgs 20-21
Invitation: “…my (our) role in the universe ...”
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I can attest to this --- perfection will do us in.
Good counsel to get rid of perfection.
Thank god for humor!