Looking for Perfection

If you look for perfection, you will never find it. No matter how hard you look, there is no perfect job, no perfect life, no perfect mate, no perfect child, no perfect car, no perfect pet. There will always be something less than perfect with what you find. Instead, look for and be satisfied with finding better.

For instance, if you feel you need to look for another job, look for one that is better than the one you currently have. If you find one that is sufficiently better than what you have now, take it. You may well discover it is a better job than the one you thought you were getting. Even if you leave it in a few years for another job, you may discover your previous experience was a pleasant one. If you keep it long enough to retire from it, you may discover it was the perfect job after all.

A flawless diamond does not come out of the ground that way. The diamond in the rough must first be discovered, then cut and polished. Each of these steps takes considerable effort before the diamond can be judged flawless.