#582 Perfectionism in Mindfulness Practice?

     "... don't set up the ideal of perfection! ... The thrust of your practice is training in awareness and honesty, not hankering after an ideal. The drive to be perfect deflects much-needed energy away from attending to the truth of the present moment."

       Larry Rosenberg. Three Steps to Awakening. A Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life. Shambhala, Boston, 2013. 

Nicolas Le Boulanger, National Geographic   http://photography.nationalgeographic.com