There is no exception to perfection.
The phrase sounds harsh and absolute, but then again, I would argue it
should be. Using myself as an example, I
have noticed that generally the areas that really require improvement in my
life started from making a very small, very innocent exception.
That exception, through the large intermingled roots that tie everything
from diet, exercise, life experiences, relationships, spirituality, and purpose….
affected them all. I don’t think there
is a choice. I don’t think I can compartmentalize any one aspect of my life and
say I can make a poor decision here without consequence…to everything. By that reasoning then, for me it is
impossible to expect success if I do not pursue mastery in everything I do.
And we should. Mediocrity cannot
be removed from just one aspect of our life.
If it is in one, then it will be in the others as well.
In Dawson for the last 13 days, my biggest challenge, as normal, is
diet. In a smaller town options are
pretty limited. Most often I feel like a
horse that has been sent out to pasture but told he should only eat the four
leafed clovers. Options are scarce
making good decisions even more difficult.
But I know that a poor diet choice is twice as easy to duplicate the
next time. I think of poor decisions as trail breaking in all the wrong
directions.
With the combination of pursuit of perfection in all aspects of our
life, an unacceptance of average in anything we do, and following that up with
wise decisions that extend beyond the Kwoon; success should be inevitable…..sounds
easy right.
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