Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life. Knowing this gives me hope that human wholeness — mine, yours, ours — need not be a utopian dream, if we can use devastation as a seedbed for new life.
Parker Palmer
Mindfulbalance 
Reblogged this on bookwriteher and commented:
Yes. Good timing too. I heard the phrase Progress not perfection yesterday. My new mantra! ✔️
Reblogged this on Running with Buddha and commented:
At an younger age, I pursued perfection. Thinking it is the ideal. The prize of my effort.
Palmer Parker’s point on wholeness echos a older me. Recognizing that the world, and by extension our life, is not perfect. Most things in life are not black-and-white but often gray.
Wholeness to me means embracing it in its entirety, good and bad, perfect and not so perfect, and the transition in between. It is more meaningful and includes the potential for growth.
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