Perfection

Reading from Wednesday, June 3, 2015 yoga class

I found the following poem on Kim Esteran's website.  I hope you like it as much as I do.

Perfection Will Be Built

Trying to make a perfect life
is a path of great sorrow.
The perfect life cannot be built
by seeking to fulfill desires
no matter how many years are spend
or how much effort applied.
Desires are insatiable and endless.

If instead we see
the imperfect events,
and the ordinary people
as the movement of the Tao
life becomes perfect as it is.

The time comes when we realize
that ducks will never be in a row.
It is the nature of ducks to fly about.
The house will never be perfectly clean.
It is the nature of houses to accommodate clutter.

The project will never be done just right.
It is the nature of projects to evolve into other projects.
The future will never be perfectly secure.
It is the nature of life to be unpredictable.

Sit still and watch for a moment.
Perfection will be built
from all that is imperfect.

Author, unknown