On Perfection and Priority

 As I read this piece, I recalled Barry Stevens' saying that happiness is allowing the happenings to happen.  That definition applies to the kind of perfection that I most value, though I only live a small portion of the time.  There are at least two kinds of perfection.  There is the kind of perfection that comes from practicing a skill to the point of doing it perfectly, and that takes determination, stick-to-itiveness, striving, being goal directed.  There is also the kind of perfection that comes from allowing me to be, being present, goallessly allowing what's happening within me and probably without me to happen.  That second kind of perfection is of most value to me these days, and is top priority in my thinking, although I have spent and still spend more time doing the first kind of perfection.  I stay determined to cultivate that priority by reminding myself how important it is, and I cultivate that priority by spending minutes here and there allowing the happenings to happen.