Searching for Perfect
January 27, 2012 * * * * * Posted by: Marie 
Do not wait;
the time will never be 'just right.'
Start where you stand,
and work with whatever tools you may have at your command,
and better tools will be found as you go along. (George Herbert)
We have a connundrum in our house at the moment. An opportunity. But it's not perfect. Is it tolerable this chance? Yes. But it's not perfect. Will this opportunity make our life better? Hopefully. Is it my decision as to whether or not we take this opportunity? Not completely, no.
What do I think? I think that these days, "nirvana" opporunities are almost unheard of. That an opportunity that provides security and some semblance of "normal" life again would be good. That in this economy and at our time of life, any opportunity is a good opportunity.
So do we keep searching for the perfect opportunity? Or do we content ourselves with one that might be "just" good?
What do I think? I think perfection went out the window with perky breasts and 20/20 vision and I've been compromising with perfect ever since.
I think opportunities can become perfect if they are undertaken with confidence and might.
But heck.... what do I know?
Carpe Diem Dude!!
Life, Perfection
Reader Comments (20)
"I think opportunities can become perfect if they are undertaken with confidence and might."
So true so it all depends on if one grab the moment and make the most of it.
This makes me feel giddy, Marie, becauase the older I get, the faster I "carpe diem." HA! The thing is, life holds no guarantees, as Astrid often says to me. That means we have to do the best with what we have today...as though there will be no tomorrow?!
Good food for thought...while Queen Anne basks in the sunshine!
What's that saying about opportunities that come a-knocking??? It all sounds so exciting - and there's no better time (is there?) than right now!!!! Yes - seize the day!
Ok, I admit. Often, I'm looking for a perfection. Not because I don't appreciate good or good enough. Sometimes even tiny, tiny thing would get me excited and happy and feeling wonderful. So, it's not that. The thing I'm questioning myself sometimes is: why should I 'lower my standards' because of 'the' situation in the World?? For me, this means I lower my moral values - which I don't want to do at all! Well, maybe I'm thinking in the wrong direction here, but what I wanted to say is: if the feeling is not right and if I don't feel inner excitement..., good is not enough. I will keep going and look for 'perfection'.
But I agree with the quote above and I agree with your thoughts, and am so in love with carpe diem motto... - well, it looks like I have some mixed feelings here...
When is something really perfect one might wonder... just take it when it feels right
What is "normal" anymore? I think having an opportunity of any sort is a very good thing, it beats just being stuck. This seems like the perfect time to listen to your insides ... your gut and your heart!
we only know this when we've lived long enough to appreciate....well...everything.
That quote is perfect for your post!
Carpe Diem indeed... we are too old not to grab every opportunity that comes walking by. Live each day as if it is your last. We don't need to be perfect, 'it' does not need to be perfect too.
Wonderful picture, love the colours!
That word “opportunity” , they use it instead of the word “problem” so often at work it causes suspicion. But in reality, as others have said, it’s a true opportunity when it feels right. I also tend to go for something when there is “coincidence” involved, where doors keep opening or something keeps leading me in a certain direction. I look forward to hearing what it is and how it turns out, whatever you decide. And yes, I agree with Astrid, love the colors and intensity of the focal point of the photo.
The search for perfection can be the biggest block to joyful accomplishment. My dear mother once knitted the same sweater about twenty times, ripping it out again and again to correct "errors" that barely could be seen. The sweater, of course, never was completed, and despite my pleading, "It's good enough!", I never had the pleasure of wearing it.
We have to be careful not to do the same with our lives.
It's all in the spin anyway, isn't it? Spin it your way!
If it's perfect, it doesn't need you. If it's very promising, there's room for everyone.
i know just what you mean, and it rather haunts me. i tend to be too much of a perfectionist...never settling and always thinking i can make something better. i am learning, slowly, to walk the middle ground :)
I'd say take it Marie and make it a great opportunity. You are the one that can be the deciding element. Perfection is so overrated (I am still working with wanting perfection myself and never quite getting it ;-) Good luck to you
Perfection is, indeed, overrated. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder.
If it makes you happy, go for it. Then you will never have to wonder "what if..." because:
The suffering that might come from a mistake is usually less intense and less enduring than the
suffering of asking "what if?"
~karen
I think you will know the right opportunity for you to take, you will know within your heart. Nothing is ever as perfect as we would like, there are always compromises, it is a matter of choosing what works for us.
Oh, yeah. I hope this came to fruition for you!
Someone years and years ago, maybe on another planet, said something to a group that I took personally. He said, we wait around for happy to happen to us, when it's actually a choice. Happy is an ACT.
I kind of thought of this while reading your questions. I've had a lot of choices to make lately, and they effect not only my present, but some presumed future as I think it will look. And I realize that whatever I choose, they can't take away the things that make life sweet. Life is messy. It's messy and it's change.
And I can bitch about that sometimes if I want to!
Carpe diem has been my motto for a long time. The perfect opportunity? I don't believe in perfect, perfect is boring, at least in it's perfect sense (haha). Life is imperfect, it's what we make of it that counts.
I love your image, so beautiful.
i say, yes, go for it, perfection never comes and each opportunity leads to another...
what wonderful tones in your photo!